What is gay?
99% of people at present will most likely answer 'homosexual' [esp. man].
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Somewhere 30 years ago and prior, the term 'gay' was commonly referred to as "light-hearted and carefree" till it was habituated to be commonly known as 'homosexual' [esp. man].
99% of people at present will most likely answer 'homosexual' [esp. man].
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Somewhere 30 years ago and prior, the term 'gay' was commonly referred to as "light-hearted and carefree" till it was habituated to be commonly known as 'homosexual' [esp. man].
The same thing happened with the term 'jihad' in Arabic linguistic and etymology hundred of years ago where its literal meaning 'striving' was hijacked to something else, i.e. armed struggle.
Jihad [JHD] etymologically means striving or struggling.
However when one look at the current Arabic dictionaries, the first meaning is 'warring and striving against unbelievers', thus its default meaning.
If we are to analyze all the verses with the root J-H-D [50+] in the 6236 verses of the Quran, 23 [as below] are related to striving and fighting against unbelievers in an aggressive mode. (nb: verses are truncated)
8:72 struggled with their wealth and their lives in
9:20 believed and emigrated and struggled in the
9:88 with him struggled with their wealth and their
49:15 they were not in doubt and they struggled with
9:44 they struggle with their wealth and their lives.
9:81 of God and they disliked struggling with their
61:11 in God and His Messenger and struggle in the
9:41 Move forward light and heavy, and struggle
4:95 God gave advantage to the ones who struggle
2:218 those who emigrated and struggled in the way [sabil]
8:74 who believed and emigrated and struggled in
8:75 afterwards, and emigrated and struggled
9:16 be left before God knows those who struggled
9:19 in God and the Last Day and struggled in the
9:73 O Prophet! Struggle with the ones who are
25:52 the ones who are ungrateful and struggle
66:9 O Prophet! Struggle against the ones who are
9:24 than God and His Messenger and struggling in
60:1 If you had been going forth struggling in My
47:31 you until We know the ones who struggle
9:20 believed and emigrated and struggled in the
9:88 with him struggled with their wealth and their
49:15 they were not in doubt and they struggled with
9:44 they struggle with their wealth and their lives.
9:81 of God and they disliked struggling with their
61:11 in God and His Messenger and struggle in the
9:41 Move forward light and heavy, and struggle
4:95 God gave advantage to the ones who struggle
2:218 those who emigrated and struggled in the way [sabil]
8:74 who believed and emigrated and struggled in
8:75 afterwards, and emigrated and struggled
9:16 be left before God knows those who struggled
9:19 in God and the Last Day and struggled in the
9:73 O Prophet! Struggle with the ones who are
25:52 the ones who are ungrateful and struggle
66:9 O Prophet! Struggle against the ones who are
9:24 than God and His Messenger and struggling in
60:1 If you had been going forth struggling in My
47:31 you until We know the ones who struggle
The first 11 relate to jihad in terms of striving with money and one's life in the cause of Allah.
This is obviously related to warring and armed struggle against unbelievers and to kill them where the opportunity arise. As for jihad with 'lives' that is where Allah promotes suicide bombing [an approved war tactic].
Many Muslims and apologists will insist the term 'jihad' in the Quran refer to the inner struggle against various temptations. There are only a few verses related to personal struggle for oneself for various reasons.
Why the Arabic dictionaries interpret the meaning of 'jihad' as the defaulted to the ethos of Islam, i.e. the hatred and war against non-believers. This common meaning is establish as the default meaning under the influence of the 55% or 3400++ verses that are contemptuous against disbelievers.
Thus when we see and hear of the term 'jihad' in relation to Islam, the default meaning means to war against and the killings of disbelievers.
If any other meaning of 'jihad' are to be used, they would have to be qualified to the specific context, if not, then it is the default meaning.
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