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Alhamdulillah (Arabic: ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّٰهِ, al-Ḥamdu lillāh) is an Arabic phrase meaning "praise be to God", [1] sometimes translated as "thank God" or "thanks be to the Lord". [2]
Ustad is only used for qualified Islamic scholars in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Southern Thailand where it is a direct equivalent of terms such as shaykh in the Arab world, and mawlānā in the Indian Subcontinent.
Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un, [a] [a 1] also known as Istirja, [b] is an Arabic phrase from 156th verse of the second chapter of the Quran, and meaning "Indeed, we belong to Allah, and indeed, to Him we return."
Hafiz (/ ˈ h ɑː f ɪ z /; Arabic: حافظ, romanized: ḥāfiẓ, pl. ḥuffāẓ حُفَّاظ, f. ḥāfiẓa حافظة), depending on the context, is a term used by Muslims for someone who has completely memorized the Quran which consists of 77,797 words in the original Classical Arabic. [1]
During the Liberal democracy period in Indonesia and Guided Democracy that followed it under Sukarno, the common phrase used in speech and formal meetings was "Merdeka", the Indonesian and Malay word for independence or freedom, or variations of it such as "Salam Merdeka ".
Allāhumma (Arabic: ٱللَّٰهُمَّ) is a term of address for Allah, the Islamic and Arabic term for one God.It is translated as "O Allāh" and is seen as the equivalent of "Yā Allāh".
During the mourning of Muharram, spontaneous slogans of Ya Hussain, Ya Ali, and Ya Rasul Allah (Arabic: يَا رَسُولُ الله "O Messenger of God") are common. On such occasions, the slogans demonstrate support. [5]
While it is an Arabic word and has historically been used by Muslims and non-Muslims alike in the Arab world, the usage of "Allah" by non-Muslims has been controversial in non-Arab parts of the Muslim world, especially Malaysia, where for a time it became illegal for non-Muslims to use "Allah" after the country experienced a social and ...