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Hikmah (also Hikmat, Arabic: حكمة, ḥikma) is an Arabic word that means wisdom, sagacity, philosophy, rationale or underlying reason. The Quran mentions "hikmah" in various places, where it is understood as knowledge and understanding of the Quran, fear of God , and a means of nourishing the spirit or intellect .
Iftar, a meal consumed to break fast.It is a sunnah to break fast with dates. In Islam, fasting (known as sawm, [1] Arabic: صوم; Arabic pronunciation: or siyam, Arabic: صيام; Arabic pronunciation:) is the practice of abstaining, usually from food, drink, sexual activity and anything which substitutes food and drink.
Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj was born in the town of Nishapur [5] in the Abbasid province of Khorasan, in what is now northeastern Iran.Historians differ as to his date of birth, though it is usually given as 202 AH (817/818), [6] [7] 204 AH (819/820), [3] [8] or 206 AH (821/822).
‘Ilm (Arabic: علم "knowledge") is the Arabic term for knowledge.In the Islamic context, 'ilm typically refers to religious knowledge. In the Quran, the term "ilm" signifies God's own knowledge, which encompasses both the manifest and hidden aspects of existence.
Completed by Tabaristan-based physician Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari around 850 and dedicated to Abbasid Caliph al-Mutawakkil, [9] the work is believed to be the "first all-inclusive medical compendium" [3] and one of the earliest Islamic medical encyclopedias, [10] if not the earliest.
Allah then encourages the believers to fight His enemies". [39] Islam allows war in self-defense (Quran 22:39 ), to defend Islam (rather than to spread it), to protect those who have been removed from their homes by force because they are Muslims (Q 22:40 ), and to protect the innocent who are being oppressed (Q 4:75 ).