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  2. The old man lost his horse - Wikipedia

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    The first known version of the story is found in the Huainanzi, which was compiled around 139 BCE. [citation needed] Among chengyu ( Chinese: 成語; pinyin: chéngyǔ ), traditional Chinese idiomatic expressions, one finds the saying. Chinese: 塞翁失馬,焉知非福. The old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best.

  3. Saadat Hasan Manto - Wikipedia

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    Saadat Hasan Manto (/ m ɑː n,-t ɒ /; Punjabi, Urdu: سعادت حسن منٹو, Punjabi pronunciation: [s'aːdət (ɦ)əsən mənʈoː], Urdu pronunciation: [səˈaːd̪ət̪ ˈɦəsən ˈməɳʈoː]; 11 May 1912 – 18 January 1955) was a Pakistani writer, playwright and author who was active in British India and later, after the 1947 partition of India, in Pakistan.

  4. Barzakh (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Barzakh is a 2024 Pakistani fantasy drama television series directed and written by Asim Abbasi. [ 1] The series stars Fawad Khan and Sanam Saeed in lead roles. The six-episode series which premiered on 19 July 2024 was produced by Waqas Hassan and Shailja Kejriwal for Zindagi. [ 2][ 3]

  5. 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.

  6. List of religious slurs - Wikipedia

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    A Jew, from the story of Moses leading the Jewish people out of Egypt in the Book of Exodus. [55] Rootless cosmopolitan (Russian: безродный космополит) Soviet Union: Jews Soviet epithet as an accusation of lack of full allegiance to the Soviet Union. [56] Sheeny Europe: Jews From Yiddish sheyn or German schön meaning ...

  7. Versions of the Ramayana - Wikipedia

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    Ananda-raghava is a drama on the Ramayana theme. Its author Rajacudamani Diksita was the son of Srinivasa and Kamakshi and was patronised by king Raghunatha of Tanjore. He flourished in the last part of the 16th century. Anandaraghava describes in five acts the story of Rama from his marriage to coronation.

  8. Criticism of the Quran - Wikipedia

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    You claim that the evidentiary miracle is present and available, namely, the Koran. You say: "Whoever denies it, let him produce a similar one." Indeed, we shall produce a thousand similar, from the works of rhetoricians, eloquent speakers and valiant poets, which are more appropriately phrased and state the issues more succinctly.

  9. 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.