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Chashme Baddoor (slogan) Chashm-e-Baddoor ( Persian, Urdu: چشمِ بد دور, Hindi: चश्म-ए-बददूर) is a slogan extensively used in Iran, North India and Pakistan to ward-off the evil eye (which is called nazar in the region). It is a Persian language derivation which literally means " far be the evil eye ".
Angels play an important role in Muslim everyday life by protecting the believers from evil influences and recording the deeds of humans. They have different duties, including their praise of God, interacting with humans in ordinary life, defending against devils ( shayāṭīn) and carrying on natural phenomena. [ 4]
Qawwali at Ajmer Sharif Dargah. Qawwali ( Urdu: قوّالی; Hindi: क़व्वाली; Bengali: ক়াওয়ালী; Punjabi ਕ਼ੱਵਾਲੀ; ) is a form of Sufi Islamic devotional singing originating in South Asia. Originally performed at Sufi shrines or dargahs throughout South Asia, [ 1] it is famous throughout Pakistan ...
Musical hallucinations (also known as auditory hallucinations, auditory Charles Bonnet Syndrome, and Oliver Sacks' syndrome [ 1]) describes a neurological disorder in which the patient will hallucinate songs, tunes, instruments and melodies. The source of these hallucinations are derived from underlying psychotic illness or hearing impairment.
Ibn Sīnā explains the evil eye as "an admiring tendency of the soul that exercises [the evil eye], by this property, a weakening influence on the object of its admiration" [the victim of the evil eye] [78] According to Islam Question and Answer fatwa site, (according to Muhammad) the second greatest cause of death among Muslims is the evil ...
Superstition in Pakistan (Urdu: پاکستانی توهم پرستی) is widespread and many adverse events are attributed to the supernatural effect. [1] [2] Superstition is a belief in supernatural causality: that one event leads to the cause of another without any physical process linking the two events, such as astrology, omens, witchcraft, etc., that contradicts natural science. [3]
In Islam, the belief that spiritual entities—particularly, jinn —can possess a person, (or a thing or location), [ 1] is widespread; as is the belief that the jinn and devils can be expelled from the possessed person (or thing/location) through exorcism. This practice is called al-'azm[ 2]: 98 or ruqya ( Arabic: رقية, romanized : ruqya ...
Nazar (amulet) Eye beads or nazars – amulets against the evil eye – for sale in a shop. An eye bead or naẓar (from Arabic نَظَر [ˈnaðˤar], meaning 'sight', 'surveillance', 'attention', and other related concepts) is an eye-shaped amulet believed by many to protect against the evil eye. The term is also used in Azerbaijani ...