Arabic? inscription on a sikin panjang - translation welcome

AhmedH · 14th February 2014, 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loedjoe

I have seen these called Peudeueng panjang, and it seems to be an accepted alternative name, but I follow the admirable book by Van Zonneveld, Traditional weapons ...; but perhaps I should change my mind about what to call this type?

Salaams Loedjoe!

The Arabic inscription reads as follows:

اياك نعبد و اياك نستعين

Translation:

"It is you [Oh ALLAH!] whom we worship and whom we seek help from."

It is the 5th verse of Surat al-Fatihah; the first Surah of the Qur'an.

Hope this helps!

Best regards,

Ahmed Helal Hussein

PS: If there are any Arabic inscriptions that need to be read, could you please send me an alert via a private message, or even email me; and I'll give my reply in the open thread. I'm sorry, but sometimes I may miss a question that I know the answer of. Thanks a lot in advance.

asomotif · 14th February 2014, 11:27 PM

Nice Sikin panjang !
I am a bit surprised that the inscription is a koran verse.
Uptill now translations on this forum turned out to be jawi/malay in arabic characters.

Please use the search function and check threads with " translation + aceh"

You will find various Aceh weapons with inscriptions + their translations.

Best regards,
Willem

Loedjoe · 15th February 2014, 02:18 PM

Very many thanks, Ahmed Helal Hussein, I could not have asked for a better response - you have included everything I wanted to know. Thank you too for the offer to accept requests for translations through email - this may be very helpful (although this sikin, and one other sword, are the only two I have where the inscriptions are in Arabic rather than Jawi/Malay in Arabic characters).

Like you, Willem, I was surprised to find a religious inscription, in Arabic. I shall follow your advice for a search - thank you.

14th February 2014, 11:27 PM	#2
asomotif Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,235	Nice Sikin panjang ! I am a bit surprised that the inscription is a koran verse. Uptill now translations on this forum turned out to be jawi/malay in arabic characters. Please use the search function and check threads with " translation + aceh" You will find various Aceh weapons with inscriptions + their translations. Best regards, Willem

15th February 2014, 02:18 PM	#3
Loedjoe Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Oxford (UK) Posts: 96	Very many thanks, Ahmed Helal Hussein, I could not have asked for a better response - you have included everything I wanted to know. Thank you too for the offer to accept requests for translations through email - this may be very helpful (although this sikin, and one other sword, are the only two I have where the inscriptions are in Arabic rather than Jawi/Malay in Arabic characters). Like you, Willem, I was surprised to find a religious inscription, in Arabic. I shall follow your advice for a search - thank you.