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  2. Glossary of Islam - Wikipedia

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    ʿAbd (عبد) (for male) ʾAmah (أمة) (for female) Servant or worshipper. Muslims consider themselves servants and worshippers of God as per Islam.Common Muslim names such as Abdullah (Servant of God), Abdul-Malik (Servant of the King), Abdur-Rahmān (Slave of the Most Beneficent), Abdus-Salām (Slave of [the originator of] Peace), Abdur-Rahîm (Slave of the Most Merciful), all refer to ...

  3. The Syro-Aramaic Reading of the Koran - Wikipedia

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    Check whether a plausible, overlooked explanation can be found in Tafsir al-Tabari (completed c. 883 CE).; Check if there is a plausible explanation in the Ibn Manzur's Lisān al-ʿArab (completed c. 1290 CE), the most extensive Arabic dictionary (this dictionary postdates the Tabari commentary by about 400 years, so might plausibly contain advances in lexical insight).

  4. Š-L-M - Wikipedia

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    The word إسلام ʾislām is a verbal noun derived from s-l-m, meaning "submission" (i.e. entrusting one's wholeness to a higher force), which may be interpreted as humility. "One who submits" is signified by the participle مسلم, Muslim (fem. مسلمة, muslimah). [6] The word is given a number of meanings in the Qur'an.

  5. W. Montgomery Watt - Wikipedia

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    William Montgomery Watt (14 March 1909 – 24 October 2006) was a Scottish historian and orientalist. An Anglican priest, Watt served as Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Edinburgh from 1964 to 1979 and was also a prominent contributor to the field of Quranic studies.

  6. Arabic in Islam - Wikipedia

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    There is a disagreement on the etymological aspect of the Islamic Quranic word "Allah," including its origin, origin, and usage. Some scholars believe it originates from the term Ilahia in Chaldean and Syriac, which became Allah in Arabic later on. Others believe it is a Hebrew word, Iloha, used by Jews and Christians.

  7. Kitab al-'Ayn - Wikipedia

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    Al-Farahidi introduces the dictionary with an outline of the phonetics of Arabic. [9] The format he adopted for the dictionary consisted of twenty-six books, a book for every letter, with weak letters combined as a single book; the number of chapters of each book accords with the number of radicals, [9] with the weak radicals being listed last.

  8. List of English words of Persian origin - Wikipedia

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    The Middle English word limon goes back to Old French limon, showing that yet another delicacy passed into England through France. The Old French word probably came from Italian limone, another step on the route that leads back to the Arabic word ليمون، ليمون laymūn or līmūn, which comes from the Persian word لیمو līmū. Lilac

  9. Gratitude - Wikipedia

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    The word comes from the Latin word gratus, which means "pleasing" or "thankful". [1] The absence of gratitude where gratitude is expected is called ingratitude [2] or ungratefulness. [3] Gratitude has been a part of several world religions. [4] It also has been a topic of interest to ancient, medieval, and modern philosophers. [5]