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t. e. In Islam, Taqiyya (Arabic: تقیة, romanized: taqiyyah, lit. 'prudence') [1][2] is a dissimulation and secrecy of religious belief and practice. [1][3][4][5] Generally, taqiyya is regarded as the action of maintaining secrecy or mystifying one's beliefs. Hiding one's beliefs in non-Muslim nations has been practiced since the early days ...
In Islam, the belief that spiritual entities—particularly, jinn —can possess a person, (or a thing or location), [1] is widespread; as is the belief that the jinn and devils can be expelled from the possessed person (or thing/location) through exorcism. This practice is called al-'azm[2]: 98 or ruqya (Arabic: رقية, romanized: ruqya ...
Tazkiyah (Arabic: تزكية) is an Arabic-Islamic term alluding to tazkiyat al-nafs, meaning 'sanctification' or 'purification of the self'. This refers to the process of transforming the nafs (carnal self or desires) from its state of self-centrality through various spiritual stages towards the level of purity and submission to the will of God. [1]
Yasir Qadhi (pr: yaa-sur kai-dee) (formerly known by his kunya Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi) (born January 30, 1975) is a Pakistani American Muslim scholar and theologian. [8] He is dean of The Islamic Seminary of America and resident scholar of the East Plano Islamic Center in Plano, Texas. [9]
Contents. Signs of the coming of Judgement Day. In Islam, the day of judgement (or Arabic: یوم الدین, romanized:Yawm ad-din, lit. 'Day of Judgement') is the time when all human beings are raised from the dead to be judged by Allah as to whether they shall spend eternity in Jannah (Paradise) or in Jahannam (Hellfire).
In Turkish, the word inşallah or inşaallah is similarly used to mean "If God wishes and grants", or more generally "hopefully", but is also used in an ironic context when the speaker does not put too much faith in something. In Urdu, the word is used with the meaning "God willing". In Hebrew the same term is used, borrowed from Arabic ...
Head shake. A head shake is a gesture in which the head is turned left and right along the transverse plane repeatedly in quick succession. In many cultures, it is most commonly, [ 1 ] but not universally, used to indicate disagreement, denial, or rejection. It can also signify disapproval or upset at a situation, often with slower movement.
Double-page with illuminated frames marking the start of Chapter Ya-Sin in a Malay Qur'an manuscript from Patani.Despite the special significance of surah Ya-sin in lives of all Muslims, "this is the only Southeast Asian Qur'an manuscript known in which the beginning of Surat Yasin is marked with illuminated frames".