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In 1838, Eli Smith noted it as Lala; a Sunni Muslim village in the Beqaa Valley. [1] It remains a Sunni Muslim village in modern times. [2] The 2,500 residents of Lala relied on the village's 7,500 emigrants living abroad for 70% of their income. [3]
Lala (Persian: لالا, Turkish: Lala, Azerbaijani: Lələ) was a Turkish and Persian title (of Persian origin) meaning tutor and statesman in the Ottoman and Safavid Empires. [ 1 ] History
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 ...
A Muslim (مُسْلِم), the word for a follower of Islam, [17] is the active participle of the same verb form, and means "submitter (to God)" or "one who surrenders (to God)". In the Hadith of Gabriel , Islam is presented as one part of a triad that also includes imān (faith), and ihsān (excellence).
The word Allāh (Arabic: ٱللَّٰه) is the proper name of the God of Abraham. "Al ilah" means "The God", and it is a contraction of the definite article al-and the word ʾilāh (Arabic: إِلَٰه, "god, deity"). As in English, the article is used here to single out the noun as being the only one of its kind, "the God" (the one and only ...
While it is an Arabic word and has historically been used by Muslims and non-Muslims alike in the Arab world, the usage of "Allah" by non-Muslims has been controversial in non-Arab parts of the Muslim world, especially Malaysia, where for a time it became illegal for non-Muslims to use "Allah" after the country experienced a social and ...
Lala Shahin Pasha (Turkish: Lala Şahin Paşa; 1330 – after 1388), was an Ottoman commander and first Beylerbey of Rumelia. He was the teacher ( lala ) of Sultan Murad I , and when Murad succeeded the throne, Şahin led the Ottoman campaign of Thrace . [ 1 ]
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.