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  2. al-Khansa' - Wikipedia

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    In pre-Islamic society, the role of a female poet, such as al-Khansā’, was to compose elegies for the tribesmen who fell in the battlefield. Her extraordinary fame rests mainly on her elegiac poetry composed for her two brothers, Sakhr and Mu‘āwiya, who were killed in tribal skirmishes of Banū Sulaym with Banū Murra and Banū Asad ...

  3. Hind bint Utba - Wikipedia

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    She had two brothers: Abu Hudhayfa ibn Utba and Walid ibn Utba. She also had two sisters: Atika bint Utba and Umm Kulthum bint Utba. Her father and her paternal uncle Shaibah ibn Rabī‘a were among the chief adversaries of Islam who eventually were killed by Ali in the Battle of Badr. [2] Hind's son was Mu'awiya. [3] [4]

  4. Tale of Two Brothers - Wikipedia

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    The "Tale of Two Brothers" is an ancient Egyptian story that dates from the reign of Seti II, who ruled from 1200 to 1194 BC during the 19th Dynasty of the New Kingdom. [1] The story is preserved on the Papyrus D'Orbiney, [ 2 ] which is currently held in the British Museum.

  5. Ja'far ibn Abi Talib - Wikipedia

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    His older brothers were Talib and Aqil, his younger brothers were Ali and Tulayq, [2] and his sisters were Fakhitah, Jumanah and Raytah. [3] As per Arabic tradition, his uncle 'Abbas had the privilege of raising Ja'far. [3] Ja'far was an early convert to Islam. [4] He married Asma bint Umais, who converted to Islam in 614–615. [5]

  6. Adam in Islam - Wikipedia

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    The Qur'an describes Adam in two different scenarios. [4] In the first, Adam is created in heaven and the angels are commanded to prostrate themselves before him by God. In the second scenario, Adam dwells in a paradisical Garden with his wife identified as Ḥawwāʾ in Islamic tradition. While Adam and Eve are both mentioned in the Qur'an by ...

  7. Yasir ibn Amir - Wikipedia

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    He and his two brothers, Al-Harith and Malik, travelled northwards to Mecca to search for a fourth brother who was lost. Al-Harith and Malik returned to Yemen, but Yasir decided to settle in Mecca. He entered the protection of Abu Hudhayfa ibn al-Mughira, a member of the Makhzum clan of the Quraysh tribe.

  8. Asma bint Abi Bakr - Wikipedia

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    Asmāʾ bint Abī Bakr (Arabic: أسماء بنت أبي بكر; c. 594/595 – 694-695CE) nicknamed Dhat an-Nitaqayn (meaning she with the two belts) was one of the companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and half-sister of his third wife Aisha. Her nickname Dhat an-Nitaqayn was given to her by Muhammad during the migration to Medina.

  9. Dhu al-Qarnayn - Wikipedia

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    The story of Dhu al-Qarnayn is related in chapter 18 of the Qur'an, al-Kahf, revealed to Muhammad when his tribe, Al-Quraysh, sent two men to discover whether the Jews, with their superior knowledge of the scriptures, could advise them on whether Muhammad was truly a prophet of God. The rabbis told the Quraysh to ask Muhammad about three things ...