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Urdu Daira Maarif Islamiya or Urdu Encyclopaedia of Islam ( Urdu: اردو دائرہ معارف اسلامیہ) is the largest Islamic encyclopedia published in Urdu by University of the Punjab. Originally it is a translated, expanded and revised version of Encyclopedia of Islam. Its composition began in the 1950s at University of the Punjab.
The Deobandi movement or Deobandism is a revivalist movement within Sunni Islam that adheres to the Hanafi school of law. It was formed in the late 19th century around the Darul Uloom Madrassa in Deoband, India, from which the name derives, by Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi, Rashid Ahmad Gangohi, Ashraf Ali Thanwi and Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri after the Indian Rebellion of 1857–58.
Later Urdu writers called this moment: "This is the place where the Quom got a poet and the poet got a Quom". [15] Hali therefore began to compose his epic poem, the Musaddas e-Madd o-Jazr e-Islam ("An elegiac poem on the Ebb and Tide of Islam"). Khan acclaimed it upon its publication in 1879 in a letter to Hali:
Quran at English Wikisource. The Quran, [ c] also romanized Qur'an or Koran, [ d] is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation directly from God ( Allah ). It is organized in 114 chapters ( surah, pl. suwer) which consist of individual verses ( ayat ). Besides its religious significance, it is widely regarded ...
Islamic ethics. Islamic ethics (أخلاق إسلامية) is the "philosophical reflection upon moral conduct" with a view to defining "good character" and attaining the "pleasure of God" ( raza-e Ilahi ). [ 1][ 2] It is distinguished from "Islamic morality", which pertains to "specific norms or codes of behavior". [ 1]
Nafs. A visual rendition of the Islamic model of the soul showing the position of " nafs " relative to other concepts, based on a consensus of 18 surveyed academic and religious experts [ 1] Nafs ( نَفْس) is an Arabic word occurring in the Quran, literally meaning "self", and has been translated as "psyche", "ego" or "soul". [ 2][ 3] The ...
Islam portal. v. t. e. Khitan ( Arabic: ختان) or Khatna ( Arabic: ختنة) is the Arabic term for circumcision, [ 1][ 2] and the Islamic term for the practice of religious male circumcision in Islamic culture. [ 3] Male circumcision is widespread in the Muslim world, [ 3] and accepted as an established practice by all Islamic schools of ...
Ghulam Hamdani Mushafi, the poet first believed to have coined the name "Urdu" around 1780 AD for a language that went by a multiplicity of names before his time. [1] Mirza Muhammad Rafi, Sauda (1713–1780) Siraj Aurangabadi, Siraj (1715–1763) Mohammad Meer Soz Dehlvi, Soz (1720-1799) Khwaja Mir Dard, Dard (1721–1785)