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  2. Ma'ariful Qur'an - Wikipedia

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    About the background and starting of Ma'ariful Qur'an, Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani has written in the foreword of the English translation of the same: ‘The origin of Ma'ariful Qur'an refers back to the third of Shawwal 1373 A.H. (corresponding to the 2nd of July 1954) when the author was invited to give weekly lectures on the Radio Pakistan to explain selected verses of the Holy Qur'an to the ...

  3. Qaumi Taranah - Wikipedia

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    The lyrics are in classical High-Urdu, written by the Pakistani Urdu-language poet Hafeez Jalandhari in 1952. No verse in the three stanzas is repeated. [ 2 ] The lyrics have heavy Persian poetic vocabulary, [ 17 ] and the only word derived from Sanskrit is "ka" ( کا [kaˑ] 'of').

  4. The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary - Wikipedia

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    The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary is an English translation of the Qur'an by the British Indian Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1872–1953) during the British Raj.It has become among the most widely known English translations of the Qur'an, due in part to its prodigious use of footnotes, and its distribution and subsidization by Saudi Arabian beneficiaries during the late 20th century.

  5. Shams al-Ma'arif - Wikipedia

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    20121408. LC Class. BF1771 .B8 Arab. Shams al-Ma'arif or Shams al-Ma'arif wa Lata'if al-'Awarif[ a] is a 13th-century grimoire centered on Arabic magic by Ahmad al-Buni. It is claimed to be a manual for achieving esoteric spirituality. The book is a patchwork of bits and pieces of Al-Buni's authentic works, and texts by other authors. [ 1]

  6. Urdu Daira Maarif Islamiya - Wikipedia

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    Urdu Daira Maarif Islamiya or Urdu Encyclopaedia of Islam ( Urdu: اردو دائرہ معارف اسلامیہ) is the largest Islamic encyclopedia published in Urdu by University of the Punjab. Originally it is a translated, expanded and revised version of Encyclopedia of Islam. Its composition began in the 1950s at University of the Punjab.

  7. List of religious slurs - Wikipedia

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    Meaning origin and notes References Abdul, Abdool India: Muslims: Derives from the common Muslim name Abdul. [61] Chuslim India: Muslims Portmanteau of the words Chutiya+Muslim, chutiya being a common swear word in Hindi/Urdu. [62] Jihadi India: Muslims, especially fundamentalist Jihadists: Derives from jihad. [63] Kadrun: Indonesia

  8. Talaʽ al-Badru ʽAlayna - Wikipedia

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    Tala al-Badr Alayna ( Arabic: طلع البدر علينا, romanized : Ṭalaʿ al-Badr ʿAlaynā) is a traditional Islamic nashid that the Ansar supposedly sang for the Islamic prophet Muhammad upon his arrival at Medina . Many sources claim it was first sung as he sought refuge there after being forced to leave his hometown of Mecca.

  9. Criticism of the Quran - Wikipedia

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    Discerning the meaning of "gharāniq" is difficult, as it is a hapax legomenon (i.e. used only once in the text). Commentators wrote that it meant the cranes . The Arabic word does generally mean a "crane" – appearing in the singular as ghirnīq, ghurnūq, ghirnawq and ghurnayq , and the word has cousin forms in other words for birds ...