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from Hindi and Urdu: An acknowledged leader in a field, from the Mughal rulers of India like Akbar and Shah Jahan, the builder of the Taj Mahal. Maharaja. from Hindi and Sanskrit: A great king. Mantra. from Hindi and Sanskrit: a word or phrase used in meditation. Masala.
Adilnor Collection, Sweden. Criticism of ḥadīth[ Note 1 ] or hadith criticism is the critique of ḥadīth —the genre of canonized Islamic literature made up of attributed reports of the words, actions, and the silent approval of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. [ 1 ][ Note 2 ] Mainstream Islam holds that the Sunnah —teachings and doings of ...
According to historian Michael Cook (whose book Commanding Right and Forbidding Wrong in Islamic Thought is the major English language source on the issue), [27] [28] a slightly different phrase is used in a similar hadith -- 'righting wrong' (taghyir al-munkar) instead of 'forbidding wrong' (an-nahy ʿani-l-munkar) -- but "scholars take it for ...
A formal fallacy, deductive fallacy, logical fallacy or non sequitur (Latin for "it does not follow") is a flaw in the structure of a deductive argument that renders the argument invalid. The flaw can be expressed in the standard system of logic. [1] Such an argument is always considered to be wrong.
v. t. e. Qisas or Qiṣāṣ (Arabic: قِصَاص, romanized:Qiṣāṣ, lit. 'accountability, following up after, pursuing or prosecuting') is an Islamic term interpreted to mean "retaliation in kind", [ 1 ][ 2 ] " eye for an eye ", or retributive justice. Qisas and diyya are two of several forms of punishment in classical/traditional Islamic ...
t. e. A proverb (from Latin: proverbium) or an adage is a simple, traditional saying that expresses a perceived truth based on common sense or experience. Proverbs are often metaphorical and are an example of formulaic language. [ 1 ][ 2 ] A proverbial phrase or a proverbial expression is a type of a conventional saying similar to proverbs and ...
Al-Ghazali was born in c.1058 in Tus, then part of the Seljuk Empire. [ 50 ] He was a Muslim scholar, law specialist, rationalist, and spiritualist of Persian descent. [ 51 ][ 52 ] He was born in Tabaran, a town in the district of Tus, Khorasan (now part of Iran), [ 50 ] not long after Seljuks entered Baghdad and ended Shia Buyid Amir al-umaras.
Ethics, also called moral philosophy, is the study of moral phenomena. It is one of the main branches of philosophy and investigates the nature of morality and the principles that govern the moral evaluation of conduct, character traits, and institutions. It examines what obligations people have, what behavior is right and wrong, and how to ...