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Sunni Islam. In Sunni Islam, all sites which have been mentioned in the Hadith are holy to Sunni Muslims. The Kaaba is the holiest site, followed by the al-Masjid an-Nabawi ( The Prophet's Mosque ), al-Aqsa Mosque compound, and other sites mentioned in the Hadith, as well Umayyad Mosque, Ibrahimi Mosque.
He died in 1162, and his tomb at Laliş is a focal point of Yazidi pilgrimage and the principal Yazidi holy site. [36] Yazidism has many influences: Sufi influence and imagery (especially taken from Mansur al-Hallaj) [ 37 ] can be seen in the religious vocabulary, especially in the terminology of the Yazidis' esoteric literature, but most of ...
Islamic holy books are certain religious scriptures that are viewed by Muslims as having valid divine significance, in that they were authored by God ( Allah) through a variety of prophets and messengers, including those who predate the Quran. Among the group of religious texts considered to be valid revelations, the three that are mentioned by ...
Most Protestant Bibles include the Hebrew Bible's 24 books (the protocanonical books) divided differently (into 39 books) and the 27-book New Testament for a total of 66 books. Some denominations (e.g. Anglicanism ) also include the 14 books of the biblical apocrypha between the Old Testament and the New Testament, for a total of 80 books.
v. t. e. The Epistles of Wisdom ( Arabic: رَسَائِل ٱلْحِكْمَة, romanized : Rasāʾil al-Ḥikma) is a corpus of sacred texts and pastoral letters by teachers of the Druze faith native to the Levant, which has currently close to a million practitioners. [ 1] The text revolves around the acknowledgement and worship of al-Hakim ...
The conversion of non-Islamic places of worship into mosques occurred during the life of Muhammad [citation needed] and continued during subsequent Islamic conquests and invasions and under historical Muslim rule. [citation needed] Hindu temples, Jain Temples, churches, synagogues, and Zoroastrian fire temples have been converted into mosques .
Religious text. The Rigveda ( Vedic chant) manuscript in Devanagari, a scripture of Hinduism, dated 1500–1000 BCE. It is the oldest religious texts in any Indo-European language. Religious texts, including scripture, are texts which various religions consider to be of central importance to their religious tradition.
The Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh at Bahjí, Israel. The Baháʼí Faith is a monotheistic religion founded by Baháʼu'lláh in 19th century Persia, and consider their religion to progress from or succeed Bábism or the Bábi Faith ( Persian: بابی ها Bábí há) founded by the Báb earlier in the century – emphasizing the spiritual unity of all humankind.