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Augustine: The dogs are those that assault the truth; the swine we may not unsuitably take for those that despise the truth. Therefore because dogs leap forth to rend in pieces, and what they rend, suffer not to continue whole, He said, Give not that which is holy to the dogs; because they strive to the utmost of their power to destroy the truth.
From a basic verbal meaning "to consecrate, to purify", it could be used as an adjective meaning "holy", or as a substantive referring to a "sanctuary, sacred object, sacred personnel." [ 1 ] The root is reflected as q-d-š ( Phoenician 𐤒-𐤃-𐤔 , Hebrew ק-ד-ש ) in Northwest Semitic and as q-d-s ( Arabic : ق-د-س ) in Central ...
Not to be confused with the South-African slur Kaffir. Murtad A word meaning people who left Islam, mainly critics of Islam. [125] Mushrik A person who doesn't believe in Tawhid (Islamic monotheism) and practices polytheism, worships idols, saints, ancestors or graves. Pagan A person who believe in a non-Abrahamic religion. Synonymous with ...
Dogs are found in and out of the Muthappan Temple and offerings at the shrine take the form of bronze dog figurines. [21] The dog is also the vahana or mount of the Hindu god Bhairava. In the Mahabharata, when Yudhishthira reaches the gates of heaven (Swarga), Indra allows him to enter but refuses entry to the dog that accompanied him.
exclamation of surprise (US holy cow, holy mother of pearl) straight away immediately (sometimes used in the US; also right away) strong flour flour made from wheat varieties which are high in gluten. Used for making bread. (US: bread flour) [158] [failed verification] stroke to move one's hand slowly and gently over something e.g. stroke a dog ...
Members of President-elect Donald Trump's transition team are drawing up a list of military officers to be fired, potentially to include the Joint Chiefs of Staff, two sources said, in what would ...
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The International Bible Society (now known as Biblica) published the New Testament of the New Urdu Bible Version (NUBV) in 2009. This is based on their 1983 revision of New International Version (NIV) in English. [19] It was published in India only, not in Pakistan. In 2011 the Urdu Geo Version was published by Geolink Resources LLC.