I have had the pleasure of reading all the Dune novels. In the novel 'Children of Dune' there is part where Stilgar, the guardian of Paul's children. He thinks of killing the children to stop people from worshipping the children. He feels afraid of being discovered. He quotes (with no reference from where the quote is taken) 'And we put before them a barrier and behind them a barrier and covered them so they could not see' (the words are not exact. It has been such a long time since I have read the novel) This quotation is a translation from Surat Yaseen. It is recited by Muslims in exactly such circumstances. ![]() I remember there was another quote from the sayings of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUHS) There are many references that concern Iraq. Blackmagic disk speed test download. The planet Arrakis is similar to Iraq. Jul 22, 2012 A film that’s been admired, hated and puzzled-over in fairly equal amounts, writer/director David Lynch’s ambitious 1984 adaptation of Frank Herbert’s science fiction novel gets an extensive fanediting treatment in Dune The Alternative Edition Redux. Mayday stuck on an island free album download free. The Emperor Shaddam is similar to the former Iraqi pesident's name Saddam. Habbaniya is a place in Iraq. Also there is a dialogue buy Leto and Paul Atreides. The father, Paul, dissaproves his son's behaviour. He says 'Moo zain' (not good). The son replies 'Koolish zain' (very good). The words are in Iraqi local dialect. I had a feeling that Mr. Herbert has written his novel for me. • Submitted by Steg (not verified) on Tue, 2006/07/18 - 11:28. Wow, great resource! Thanks for going into all of this! I speak Hebrew, but unfortunately read Dune (for an English course in college) before taking any Arabic, so all I could recognize was Kwisatz Haderach קפיצת הדרך and a few of the Arabic-derived words with close Hebrew cognates. 'Qefitzat Haderekh' is a term for a particular type of miracle -- when a journey that should take a certain amount of time miraculously takes much shorter, hence literally 'a jump of the path'. In Hebrew there's a root רכש r-k-sh which has to do with 'property' and 'ownership', for instance רכוש 'rekhush' is 'property' and the verb רכש 'rakhash' means 'he acquired'. So I always assumed that, based on the fact that Hebrew ש sh is cognate with Arabic س s, Arrakis was meant to be something like الركس similar to Hebrew הרכש or הרכיש from רכש and signifying something like 'the [place where the really valuable] property [that everyone wants is]', the property itself being of course the Spice. • Submitted by Aharon ben Avraham (not verified) on Fri, 2006/12/01 - 02:34. In Hebrew, 'bnay gesher' means 'children/sons of the bridge.' The BG serve as a liason or 'bridge' between one faction and another, and are most valued for their skills in politics and diplomacy just as the Spacing Guild is valued for travel and being a bridge from one point to another. The Arabic term 'jazirah' (especially close to Gesserit in its Egyptian pronounciation) shares much of the same meaning with the Hebrew term, serving as a land bridge. I think that the news network Al-Jazirah, while most likely making a geographical reference, could also mean a bridge between the news and the people (modern definition of media). Bother gesher and jazirah come from the Aramaic term 'gessar' meaning 'link'. • Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 2006/12/03 - 20:37. ![]() I first read the Dune books back in the '60s, and used to re-read them about as often as I did Tolkein. Life lead me in many directions and I ended up studying Islamic, Central Asian and South Asian Philosophy (I'm now a doctoral candidate). Going back to the Dune books, I was utterly amazed at how Herbert used 'alam al mithal' to describe the transcendent realm where Paul goes to get his prophetic visions. 'Alam al mithal' is a fundamental concept central to what is called the Ishraqi (illuminationist) tradition of philosophy in Islamic culture, including such pre-eminent names as Suhrawardi, Ibn Arabi and Mulla Sudra.
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