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  2. 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.

  3. List of English words of Persian origin - Wikipedia

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    Meaning widened from chess to general sense of "adverse event, sudden stoppage" and by c.1700 to (from Persian 'chek' (چك)"a token used to check against loss or theft" (surviving in hat check) and "a check against forgery or alteration," which gave the modern financial use of "bank check, money draft" (first recorded 1798), probably ...

  4. Inquilab Zindabad - Wikipedia

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    Inquilab Zindabad ( Urdu: اِنقلاب زِنده باد; Hindi: इंक़िलाब ज़िंदाबाद; Bengali: ইনকিলাব জিন্দাবাদ) is a South Asian phrase, [ 1][ 2][ 3] which translates to "Long live the revolution". Although originally the slogan was used by leftists in British India, today it ...

  5. Jinn - Wikipedia

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    Jinn is an Arabic collective noun deriving from the Semitic root JNN (Arabic: جَنّ / جُنّ, jann), whose primary meaning is 'to hide' or 'to adapt'. Some authors interpret the word to mean, literally, 'beings that are concealed from the senses'. [7]

  6. Criticism of the Quran - Wikipedia

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    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. They convey the meaning better and their rhymed prose is in better meter. ...

  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. Jihad verse - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Certain verses ( āyāt) from the Qur'an have been a subject of controversy among scholars. The 216th verse of the Surah, Al-Baqara ( The Cow) is about Jihad in the way of God . كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْقِتَالُ وَهُوَ كُرْهٌ لَّكُمْ ۖ وَعَسَىٰٓ أَن تَكْرَهُوا۟ ...

  9. Munafiq - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In Islam, the munafiqun ('hypocrites', Arabic: منافقون, singular منافق munāfiq) or false Muslims or false believers are a group decried in the Quran as outward Muslims who were inwardly concealing disbelief ("kufr") and actively sought to undermine the Muslim community. [ 1] Munafiq is a person who in public and in community ...