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  2. Symbols of Islam - Wikipedia

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    The number 4 is a very important number in Islam with many significations: Eid-al-Adha lasts for four days from the 10th to the 14th of Dhul Hijja; there were four Caliphs; there were four Archangels; there are four months in which war is not permitted in Islam; when a woman's husband dies she is to wait for four months and ten days; the Rub el ...

  3. Surrender (religion) - Wikipedia

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    To surrender in spirituality and religion means that a believer completely gives up their own will and subjects his thoughts, ideas, and deeds to the will and teachings of a higher power. [citation needed] It may also be contrasted with submission. [clarification needed] Surrender is willful acceptance and yielding to a dominating force and ...

  4. Glossary of Islam - Wikipedia

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    In Arabic, millah means "religion," but it has only been used to refer to religions other than Islam, which is din. Millet (see Millah) (Turkish word also meaning a nation, community, or a people). In an Islamic state, "Ahl al Kitab" may continue to practice their former religion in a semi-autonomous community termed the millet. Minaret ...

  5. Pan-Arab colors - Wikipedia

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    Green is a color associated with the primary religion of Islam – and therefore also a color representative of the caliphates. [4] [5] Green is also identified as the color of the Fatimid Caliphate by some modern sources, [3] [6] despite their dynastic color having been white. [7] [8] [9] Finally, red was the Hashemite dynastic color.

  6. Islamic geometric patterns - Wikipedia

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    [7] [8] In Islamic culture, the patterns are believed to be the bridge to the spiritual realm, the instrument to purify the mind and the soul. [9] David Wade [b] states that "Much of the art of Islam, whether in architecture, ceramics, textiles or books, is the art of decoration – which is to say, of transformation."

  7. Aniconism in Islam - Wikipedia

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    Religious Islamic art has been typically characterized by the absence of figures and extensive use of calligraphic, geometric and abstract floral patterns. However, representations of Muhammad (in some cases, with his face concealed) and other religious figures are found in some manuscripts from lands to the east of Anatolia , such as Persia ...

  8. Ibadah - Wikipedia

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    Ibadat (عبادات) is the plural form of ibādah.In addition to meaning more than one ibādah, [7] it refers to Islamic jurisprudence on "the rules governing worship in Islam" [8] or the "religious duties of worship incumbent on all Muslims when they come of age and are of sound body and mind". [9]

  9. Islam - Wikipedia

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    Islam [a] is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, [9] the religion's founder. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims , who are estimated to number 1.9 billion worldwide and are the world's second-largest religious population after Christians .