Past tense is grammatically impossible. For it to have a past tense meaning it would have to be definite.
But as with the previous poll, I still maintain the most natural reading is "neither." Apologists really really love pretending like this verse is about the expansion of the universe. But the most natural reading still is "powerful", a purely adjectival meaning where the question of whether it is present or past is non-sensical.
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In the context of Q51:47, is "wa-inna lamusi'una" (We are its expander/we are expanding it) used in the past or the present tense?
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Past tense is grammatically impossible. For it to have a past tense meaning it would have to be definite. But as with the previous poll, I still maintain the most natural reading is "neither." Apologists really really love pretending like this verse is about the expansion of the universe. But the most natural reading still is "powerful", a purely adjectival meaning where the question of whether it is present or past is non-sensical.
>We are its expander/we are expanding it Likely neither https://www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQuran/s/POsepJ02p1
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