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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. 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

  4. 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]

  5. 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.

  6. Persian and Urdu - Wikipedia

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    Persian and Urdu are distinct languages. Persian is classified as an Iranian language, whereas Urdu is an Indo-Aryan language. They fall under the larger grouping of the Indo-Iranian languages, and hence share some linguistic features due to common descent . However, the majority of influence from Persian is direct, through a process often ...

  7. LGBT people and Islam - Wikipedia

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    First in Arabic, but later also in Persian, Turkish and Urdu, love poetry by men about boys more than competed with that about women, it overwhelmed it. Anecdotal literature reinforces this impression of general societal acceptance of the public celebration of male-male love (which hostile Western caricatures of Islamic societies in medieval ...

  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. 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]