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A notable example was composed by boxer Muhammad Ali. On June 4, 1975, after giving a speech at Harvard University, Ali was discussing poetry on stage with journalist George Plimpton. When asked for the shortest poem of all time, Plimpton recited "Fleas" as above, and Ali responded, "I've got one: Me? Whee!!" [3] [4] [5]
Samir Saleh Abdullah al-Suwailim (Arabic: سامر صالح عبد الله السويلم; 14 April 1963/1969 – 20 March 2002), [1] commonly known as Ibn al-Khattab or Emir Khattab, was a Saudi Arabian pan-Islamic mujahid. Though he fought in many conflicts, he is best known for his involvement in the First Chechen War and the Second Chechen ...
Ibn al-Khatib was born at Loja, near Granada. [6] Shortly after his birth, his father was appointed to a high post at the court of Emir Ismail I in Granada. [6] After his father and older brother were killed in the Battle of Río Salado in 1340, Ibn al-Khatib was hired to work as a secretary for his former teacher Ibn al-Jayyab, vizier to Emir Yusuf I. [6]
Zayd ibn al-Khattab (cousin) Umar ibn al-Khattab (cousin) Atika bint Zayd al-Adawiyya (Arabic: عاتكة بنت زيد, romanized: ʿĀtika bint Zayd) was an Islamic scholar and poet. She was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. She was one of the wives of ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Caliph. She was a poet who is notable for ...
Category. Islam portal. v. t. e. In Islam, qirāʼah (pl. qirāʼāt; Arabic: قراءات, lit. 'recitations or readings') refers to the ways or fashions that the Quran, the holy book of Islam, is recited. [1] More technically, the term designates the different linguistic, lexical, phonetic, morphological and syntactical forms permitted with ...
Umar. Umar ibn al-Khattab[a] (Arabic: عُمَر بْن ٱلْخَطَّاب, romanized: ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb; c. 582/583 – 644), also spelled Omar, was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634, when he succeeded Abu Bakr (r. 632–634) as the second caliph, until his assassination in 644. Umar was a senior companion and ...
Ibn Dihya al-Kalby. Umar bin al-Hasan bin Ali bin Muhammad bin al-Jamil bin Farah bin Khalaf bin Qumis bin Mazlal bin Malal bin Badr bin Dihyah bin Farwah, better known as Ibn Dihya al-Kalbi (Arabic: ابن دحية الكلبي) was a Moorish scholar of both the Arabic language and Islamic studies. [3] He preferred to be called Abu al-Khattab ...
Al-Khattab ibn Nufayl. Al-Khaṭṭāb ibn Nufayl (Arabic: الخطاب بن نفيل) was an Arab chief from the Meccan branch of Quraysh. He lived during the sixth century and was a contemporary of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. His son Umar would later become Muslim, and would come to be the second Rashidun Caliph.