Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
О, Ѡ. Ayin (also ayn or ain; transliterated ʿ ) is the sixteenth letter of the Semitic scripts, including Phoenician ʿayin 𐤏, Hebrew ʿayin ע , Aramaic ʿē 𐡏, Syriac ʿē ܥ, and Arabic ʿayn ع (where it is sixteenth in abjadi order only). [note 1] The letter represents a voiced pharyngeal fricative (/ ʕ /) or a similarly ...
Kitab al-'Ayn. Kitāb al-ʿAyn (Arabic: كتاب العين) is the first Arabic language dictionary and one of the earliest known dictionaries of any language. [1][2][3][4] It was compiled in the eighth century by al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi. The letter ayn (ع) of the dictionary's title is regarded as phonetically the deepest letter in ...
t. e. Esoteric interpretation of the Quran (Arabic: تأويل, romanized: taʾwīl) is the allegorical interpretation of the Quran or the quest for its hidden, inner meanings. The Arabic word taʾwīl was synonymous with conventional interpretation in its earliest use, but it came to mean a process of discerning its most fundamental ...
Din – Religion. v. t. e. Dīn (Arabic: دين, romanized: Dīn, also anglicized as Deen) is an Arabic word with three general senses: judgment, custom, and religion. [1] It is used by both Muslims and Arab Christians. In Islamic terminology, the word refers to the way of life Muslims must adopt to comply with divine law, encompassing beliefs ...
A scholar (in any field of knowledge) ; a jurist or scientist (who knows science) or a theologian (who knows religion); similar to Japanese sensei, "teacher". Amān, lit. 'safety, protection, safe conduct'. ʾAmānah (أمانة) the trust. Of all creation, only human beings & jinns carry the "trust", which is free will.
t. e. Salah (Arabic: ٱلصَّلَاةُ, romanized: aṣ-Ṣalāh) is the principal form of worship in Islam. Facing Mecca, it consists of units called rak'ah (specific set of movements), during which the Quran is recited, and prayers from the Sunnah are typically said. The number of rak'ah varies from prayer to prayer.
e. Islam uses a number of conventionally complimentary phrases wishing-well or praising religiously-esteemed figures including God (Allah), Muhammad (Messenger of God), Muhammad's companions (sahaba), family (Ahl al-Bayt), other Islamic prophets and messengers, angels, and revered persons. In Twelver Shi'ism, honorifics are used with the Twelve ...
Iman (Arabic: إِيمَان, romanized: ʾīmān, lit. ' faith ' or ' belief ', also 'recognition') in Islamic theology denotes a believer's recognition of faith and deeds in the religious aspects of Islam. [1][2] Its most simple definition is the belief in the six articles of faith, known as arkān al-īmān. The term iman has been delineated ...