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by anajmi » Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:22 pm
Here is ayah 33:33 with some translations
وَقَرْنَ فِي بُيُوتِكُنَّ وَلَا تَبَرَّجْنَ تَبَرُّجَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ الْأُولَى وَأَقِمْنَ الصَّلَاةَ وَآتِينَ الزَّكَاةَ وَأَطِعْنَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًا
Asad
And abide quietly in your homes, and do not flaunt your charms as they used to flaunt them in the old days of pagan ignorance; and be constant in prayer, and render the purifying dues, and pay heed unto God and His Apostle: for God only wants to remove from you all that might be loathsome, O you members of the [Prophet’s] household, and to purify you to utmost purity.
Pickthall
And stay in your houses. Bedizen not yourselves with the bedizenment of the Time of ignorance. Be regular in prayer, and pay the poor due, and obey Allah and His messenger. Allah's wish is but to remove uncleanness far from you, O Folk of the Household, and cleanse you with a thorough cleansing.
Sahih International
And abide in your houses and do not display yourselves as [was] the display of the former times of ignorance. And establish prayer and give zakah and obey Allah and His Messenger. Allah intends only to remove from you the impurity [of sin], O people of the [Prophet's] household, and to purify you with [extensive] purification.
Muhsin Khan
And stay in your houses, and do not display yourselves like that of the times of ignorance, and perform As-Salat (IqamatasSalat), and give Zakat and obey Allah and His Messenger. Allah wishes only to remove ArRijs (evil deeds and sins, etc.) from you, O members of the family (of the Prophet SAW), and to purify you with a thorough purification.
Shakir
And stay in your houses and do not display your finery like the displaying of the ignorance of yore; and keep up prayer, and pay the poor-rate, and obey Allah and His Messenger. Allah only desires to keep away the uncleanness from you, O people of the House! and to purify you a (thorough) purifying.
Dr. Ghali
And reside in your homes, and do not flaunt your finery as was the flaunting of finery in the earliest (times) of Ignorance, and keep up the prayer, and bring the Zakat, (Pat the poor-dues) and obey Allah and His Messenger. Surely Allah wills only to put away indeed from you abomination, Population of the Home, and to purify you a thorough purification.
As you can see, the word "panjatan" doesn't appear anywhere. To an uncorrupted, undeviated mind, the meaning of this ayah would be quite obvious. The purification (infallibalification) is happening for those who are being asked to stay in their homes and not to flaunt themselves and keep up the prayer and pay the zakat and to obey Allah and his messenger. These are the people of the household and these are the ones that are being purified (infallibalified). If we read the ayahs appearing right before this ayah, these people are the wives of the prophet (saw).
Now, the shia will display their complete ignorance of the Arabic language by talking about how the gender changes from feminine to masculine etc. But, as I said, that displays their complete lack of knowledge of Arabic. They haven't understood even the basic feminine and masculine concept of Arabic language. When addressing a group of people that includes male and female, the masculine gender is used in the Arabic language because the Arabic masculine is inclusive. Even if there is 1 male and a thousand females, the masculine gender will be used. The address over here is to the people of the house. That is the prophet (saw) (male) and his wives (female), hence the use of the masculine gender. Inspite of this basic Arabic concept, you will find every single shia author presenting this as an argument. Apart from this invalid argument, they have nothing else. It is obvious isn't it? If they had something better, they wouldn't be using this invalid argument now would they?