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Mullah (/ ˈ m ʌ l ə, ˈ m ʊ l ə, ˈ m uː l ə /) is an honorific title for Muslim clergy and mosque leaders. [1] The term is widely used in Iran and Afghanistan and is also used for a person who has higher education in Islamic theology and sharia law .
Mawlā (Arabic: مَوْلَى, plural mawālī مَوَالِي), is a polysemous Arabic word, whose meaning varied in different periods and contexts. [1]Before the Islamic prophet Muhammad, the term originally applied to any form of tribal association.
Mawlawi (Arabic: مولوي, romanized: Mawlawī), rendered in English as Molvi, is an Islamic religious title given to Muslim religious scholars, or ulama, preceding their names, similar to the titles Mawlānā, Mullah, or Sheikh.
Mawlana (/ m ɔː ˈ l ɑː n ə /; from Persian, Arabic: مولانا), also spelled as Molana or Maulana, [1] is a title, mostly in South Asia, preceding the name of respected Muslim religious leaders, in particular graduates of religious institutions, e.g. a madrassa or a darul uloom, or scholars who have studied under other Islamic scholars.
Mullah is a teacher in regard of being respected as a vicar and guardian of Qur'an and the Islamic traditions. Mawlawi is a Persian word for teacher meaning Master. Sheikh is sheikh is an Arabic honorific term that literally means Elder. It is a long historic debate in many cultures whether the elder in itself denotes the role and status of a ...
A 17th-century miniature of Nasiruddin, from the collection of the Topkapı Palace Museum. Nasreddin (/ n æ s ˈ r ɛ d ɪ n / [1]) or Nasreddin Hodja (variants include Mullah Nasreddin Hodja, Nasruddin Hodja, Mullah Nasruddin, Mullah Nasriddin, Khoja Nasriddin) (1208–1285) is a character commonly found in the folklores of the Muslim world, and a hero of humorous short stories and satirical ...
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Mullah; Mahdi; Mawlawi; ... Haya (Arabic: حياء, romanized ... The original meaning of Haya refers to "a bad or uneasy feeling accompanied by embarrassment ...