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The qasida originated in pre-Islamic Arabic poetry and passed into non-Arabic cultures after the Arab Muslim expansion. [ 1 ] The word qasida is originally an Arabic word ( قصيدة , plural qaṣā’id , قصائد ), and is still used throughout the Arabic-speaking world; it was borrowed into some other languages such as Persian ...
The ta'wiz, tawiz (Urdu: تعویز, Hindi: तावीज़), [1] muska or taʿwīdh (Arabic: تعويذ) is an amulet or locket worn for protection common in South Asia. [2] Tawiz is sometimes worn by Muslims with the belief of getting protection or blessings by virtue of what is in it. It is intended to be an amulet.
The Muʻallaqāt (Arabic: المعلقات, [ʔalmuʕallaqaːt]) is a compilation of seven long pre-Islamic Arabic poems. [1] The name means The Suspended Odes or The Hanging Poems , they were named so because these poems were hung in the Kaaba in Mecca . [ 2 ]
Harut and Marut hanging as punishment for being critical of Adam's fall in an image from 1717 CE (1121 AH). Harut and Marut (Arabic: هَارُوْت وَمَارُوْت, romanized: Hārūt wa-Mārūt) are a pair of angels mentioned in the Quran Surah 2:102, who teach the arts of sorcery (siḥr) in Babylon.
is the conjunctive form "ruin of" (خربة) of the Arabic word for "ruin" (خرب, khirba, kharab ("ruined")) All pages with titles containing Khirbet; All pages with titles containing Khirbat; All pages with titles containing Khurbet; All pages with titles containing Kharab; Ksar, qsar, plural: ksour, qsour Maghrebi Arabic; See "Qasr"
The literal meaning of the word Ka'bah (Arabic: كعبة) is cube. [9] In the Qur'an, from the era of the life of Muhammad, the Kaaba is mentioned by the following names: al-Bayt (Arabic: ٱلْبَيْت, lit. 'the house') in 2:125 by Allah [Quran 2:125] [10] Baytī (Arabic: بَيْتِي, lit. 'My House') in 22:26 by Allah [Quran 22:26] [11]
Hindi in the Devanagari script and Urdu written in the Perso-Arabic script established a sectarian divide of "Urdu" for Muslims and "Hindi" for Hindus, a divide that was formalised with the partition of colonial India into the Dominion of India and the Dominion of Pakistan after independence (though there are Hindu poets who continue to write ...
In the Quran and Urdu translation of the Bible, the Zabur refers to the Psalms. [10] The Quran 21:105 says that in the Zabur there is a quote "the land is inherited by my righteous servants". This resembles the 29th verse of Psalm 37 , which says "[t]he righteous shall inherit the land, and abide forever in it."