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  2. Al-Qalam 51-52 - Wikipedia

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    An Iranian art related to verse of evil eye. The Verse of Evil Eye ( Arabic: آیه وَإِن يَكَادُ) is verses 51 and 52 of Al-Qalam ( Q68:51-52) in the Quran. It is usually recited for protection from the evil eye. It states: "And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes when they hear the message, and ...

  3. Hallelujah - Wikipedia

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    Hallelujah is a transliteration of Hebrew: הַלְלוּ יָהּ ( hallū yāh ), which means "praise ye Jah!" (from הַלְלוּ ‎, "praise ye!" [ 8] and יָהּ ‎, "Jah".) [ 9][ 10][ 11] The word hallēl in Hebrew means a joyous praise in song. The second part, Yah, is a shortened form of YHWH ( Yahweh or Jehovah in modern English).

  4. Idries Shah - Wikipedia

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    Idries Shah (/ ˈ ɪ d r ɪ s ˈ ʃ ɑː /; Hindi: इदरीस शाह, Pashto: ادريس شاه, Urdu: ادریس شاه; 16 June 1924 – 23 November 1996), also known as Idris Shah, Indries Shah, né Sayed Idries el-Hashimi (Arabic: سيد إدريس هاشمي) and by the pen name Arkon Daraul, was an Afghan author, thinker and teacher in the Sufi tradition.

  5. Gorgias (dialogue) - Wikipedia

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    e. Gorgias ( / ˈɡɔːrɡiəs /; [ 1] Greek: Γοργίας [ɡorɡíaːs]) is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato around 380 BC. The dialogue depicts a conversation between Socrates and a small group at a dinner gathering. Socrates debates with self-proclaimed rhetoricians seeking the true definition of rhetoric, attempting to pinpoint the ...

  6. Heart Sutra - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Heart Sūtra[ note 1 ] is a popular sutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism. In Sanskrit, the title Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya translates as "The Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom ". The Sutra famously states, "Form is emptiness ( śūnyatā ), emptiness is form."

  7. Three wise monkeys - Wikipedia

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    Three wise monkeys variation : "Hear, see, speak only good" The opposite version of the three wise monkeys can also be found. In this case, one monkey holds its hands to its eyes to focus vision, the second monkey cups its hands around its ears to improve hearing, and the third monkey holds its hands to its mouth like a bullhorn.

  8. Re'eh - Wikipedia

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    An artist's impression of Solomon's Temple from the Nordisk familjebok.Some see the centralization of Jewish worship in Jerusalem as the intention of Deuteronomy 12. Re'eh, Reeh, R'eih, or Ree (רְאֵה ‎—Hebrew for "see", the first word in the parashah) is the 47th weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה ‎, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fourth in the ...

  9. List of Classical Greek phrases - Wikipedia

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    Ἀεὶ κολοιὸς παρὰ κολοιῷ ἱζάνει. "A jackdaw is always found near a jackdaw". Ἀεὶ κολοιὸς παρὰ κολοιῷ ἱζάνει. Aeì koloiòs parà koloiôi hizánei. "A jackdaw is always found near a jackdaw". Similar to English "birds of a feather flock together." Papyrus, dated 75–125 A.D ...