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The Sword Verse (Arabic: آية السيف, romanized: ayat as-sayf) is the fifth verse of the ninth surah of the Quran (also written as 9:5). It is a Quranic verse widely cited by critics of Islam to suggest the faith promotes violence against pagans (polytheists, mushrikun) by isolating the portion of the verse "kill the polytheists wherever you find them, capture them".
Abu Abd Al-Rahman al-Sulami writes, "The reading of Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Zayd ibn Thabit and that of all the Muhajirun and the Ansar was the same. They would read the Quran according to the Qira'at al-'ammah. This is the same reading which was read out twice by the Prophet to Gabriel in the year of his death.
In classical Islamic law, the major divisions of the world in Islam are dar al-Islam (lit. territory of Islam/voluntary submission to God), denoting regions where Islamic law prevails, dar al-sulh (lit. territory of treaty) denoting non-Islamic lands which have concluded an armistice with a Muslim government, and dar al-harb (lit. territory of war), denoting adjoining non-Islamic lands whose ...
The two-horned one. Silver tetradrachmon ( ancient Greek coin) issued in the name of Alexander the Great, depicting Alexander with the horns of Ammon-Ra (242/241 BC, posthumous issue). Displayed at the British Museum. The literal translation of the Arabic phrase "Dhu al-Qarnayn," as written in the Quran, is "the Two-Horned man."
Tafsir ( Arabic: تفسير, romanized : tafsīr [tafˈsiːr]; English: Explanation [1]) refers to exegesis, usually of the Quran. An author of a tafsir is a mufassir ( Arabic: مُفسّر; plural: Arabic: مفسّرون, romanized : mufassirūn ). A Quranic tafsir attempts to provide elucidation, explanation, interpretation, context or ...
Al Imran ( Arabic: آل عِمْرَانَ, āl ʿimrān; meaning: The Family of Imran [1] [2]) is the third chapter ( sūrah) of the Quran with two hundred verses ( āyāt ). This chapter is named after the family of Imran (Joachim), which includes Imran, Saint Anne (wife of Imran), Mary, and Jesus. [citation needed]
The Noble Qur'an [4] is a translation of the Quran by Muhammad Muhsin Khan and Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali. It is available in many languages [5] and is "widely and freely distributed to hajj pilgrims". [6] It is published and printed at the King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Quran, which is said to produce ten million copies of ...
Open Torah case with scroll. The Tawrat ( Arabic: توراة ), also romanized as Tawrah or Taurat, is the Arabic-language name for the Torah within its context as an Islamic holy book believed by Muslims to have been given by God to the prophets and messengers amongst the Children of Israel. In the Qur'an, the word 'Tawrat' occurs eighteen ...