Haram-Masjid vs Swine
Is the meaning of the below same? لَحْمُ الْخِنزِيرِ — laḥmu al-khinzīr الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ al-Masjid al-Ḥarām . wapp reply ai It doesn't change - it's the _same_ Arabic word. *الْحَرَام* comes from the root *ح-ر-م ḥ-r-m* The root means: to make something protected / inviolable by forbidding something in it. So it has two English sides of the same idea: 1. *haram = forbidden* - when talking about an _action_ لَحْمُ الْخِنزِيرِ حرام - pork is forbidden 2. *haram = sacred / sanctuary / inviolable* - when talking about a _place_ Why is a place called sacred? Because Allah made certain things _forbidden_ in it to protect it. In *المسجد الحرام al-Masjid al-Haram*, Allah made it sacred, so inside it fighting, killing animals, cutting trees are forbidden. The forbidding is what makes it sacred. So translators don't write "Forbidden Mosque" because that sounds negative in English. They write *Sacred Mosque / Inviolable Mosque / Sanctuary Mosque* to...