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  2. Mashallah - Wikipedia

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    The literal English translation of Mashallah is 'God has willed it', [1] the present perfect of God's will accentuating the essential Islamic doctrine of predestination. The literal meaning of Mashallah is "God has willed it", in the sense of "what God has willed has happened"; it is used to say something good has happened, used in the past tense.

  3. Galle Trilingual Inscription - Wikipedia

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    The text concerns offerings made by him and others to the mountain Sri Pada (Adam's Peak) in Sri Lanka. The Chinese inscription mentions offerings to Buddha , the Persian in Perso-Arabic script to Allah and the Tamil inscription mentions offering to Tenavarai Nayanar (Hindu god Vishnu ).

  4. Gananath Obeyesekere - Wikipedia

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    Gananath Obeyesekere is emeritus professor of anthropology at Princeton University and has done much work in his home country of Sri Lanka.His research focuses on psychoanalysis and anthropology and the ways in which personal symbolism is related to religious experience, in addition to the European exploration of Polynesia in the 18th century and after, and the implications of these voyages ...

  5. Pali literature - Wikipedia

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    A collection of Pali Commentaries were written in Sri Lanka by various (some anonymous) authors, such as Buddhagosa, Dhammapala, Mahanama, Upasena, and Buddhadatta. Buddhagosa writes that he based his commentaries on older works which were brought to Sri Lanka when Buddhism first arrived there, and were translated into Sinhalese.

  6. Kataragama deviyo - Wikipedia

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    During one of his visits to Sri Lanka, Buddha visited Kataragama area and delivered a discourse of Dhamma to the local people. Local residents were also advised to stop animal sacrifices widely practiced by them in that period. Buddha instructed the deity to reside in Sri Lanka and help the people when required, specially in their difficulties. [7]

  7. Yusuf bin Ahmad al-Kawneyn - Wikipedia

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    Local Somali oral tradition and written Ethiopian history gives reason to believe Aw Barkhadle arrived from Arabia. [4] However, some scholars hold the opinion that suggests Arabian origin stories pertaining to ancestral saints such as Yusuf, are potentially a myth by scholars and an Islamification of a pre-Islamic origin story that relates back to Waaq and ancestor worship.

  8. Will of God - Wikipedia

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    According to Thomas Aquinas, God is the "Highest Good". [1] The Summa Theologiae (question 6, article 3) affirms that "God alone is good essentially". [2]Because in Jesus there are two natures, the human and the divine one, Aquinas states that in him there are two distinct wills: the human will and the divine will.

  9. Religion in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Anglican and other Protestant missionaries arrived at Sri Lanka during the early 19th century, when the British took control of Sri Lanka from the Dutch. Under British rule missionary work was undertaken by English societies: Baptist, Wesleyan Methodist, the CMS and SPG. [11] The Salvation Army and Jehovah's Witnesses are also present in Sri Lanka.