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Daniel (Arabic: دانيال, Dānyāl) is usually considered by Muslims in general to have been a prophet and according to Shia Muslim hadith he was a prophet. Although he is not mentioned in the Qur'an, [1] nor in hadith of Sunni Islam, Sunni Muslim reports of him are taken from Isra'iliyyat, which bear his name and which refer to his time spent in the den of the lions. [2]
Murji'ah ( Arabic: المرجئة, English: "Those Who Postpone"), also known as Murji'as or Murji'ites (singular Murji' ), were an early Islamic sect. The Murji'ah school of theology prioritized the importance of one's professed faith over the acts, deeds, or rituals they performed. They held the opinion that God alone has the right to judge ...
The azimuth is the angle formed between a reference direction (in this example north) and a line from the observer to a point of interest projected on the same plane as the reference direction orthogonal to the zenith. An azimuth ( / ˈæzəməθ / ⓘ; from Arabic: اَلسُّمُوت, romanized : as-sumūt, lit. 'the directions') [ 1] is the ...
Aqidah comes from the Semitic root ʿ-q-d, which means "to tie; knot". [6] (" Aqidah" used not only as an expression of a school of Islamic theology or belief system, but as another word for "theology" in Islam, as in: "Theology (Aqidah) covers all beliefs and belief systems of Muslims, including sectarian differences and points of contention".) [7]
In Islam, morality in the sense of "non practical guidelines" [1] or "specific norms or codes of behavior" for good doing (as opposed to ethical theory), [2] [3] are primarily based on the Quran and the Hadith – the central religious texts of Islam [4] – and also mostly "commonly known moral virtues" [5] whose major points "most religions largely agree on". [1]
Many definitions exist for Kalam. One definition is that kalām is the science which is concerned with firmly establishing religious beliefs by adducing proofs and with banishing doubts". [ 16] Al-Farabi in his Iḥṣāʾ al-ʿulūm defined kalam as "a science which enables a man to procure the victory of the dogmas and actions laid down by ...
e. Liberalism and progressivism within Islam involve professed Muslims who have created a considerable body of progressive thought about Islamic understanding and practice. [ 1][ 2] Their work is sometimes characterized as "progressive Islam" ( Arabic: الإسلام التقدمي al-Islām at-taqaddumī ). Some scholars, such as Omid Safi ...
Islamization of knowledge. v. t. e. Islamic economics ( Arabic: الاقتصاد الإسلامي) refers to the knowledge of economics or economic activities and processes in terms of Islamic principles and teachings. [ 1] Islam has a set of special moral norms and values about individual and social economic behavior.