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The tale of Harut and Marut ( qiṣṣat Hārūt wa-Mārūt) is a recurring story throughout Quranic exegesis ( Tabari, ibn Hanbal, Rumi, Maqdisi, Tha'labi, Kisa'i, Suyuti) to explain the fall of this angelic pair. [ 13][ 8] In short, this story contains a prolegomenon in heaven, resulting in an angelic mission to earth, followed by a ...
Names and titles of Fatima. Fatima (605/15-632 CE) was daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and wife to his cousin Ali, the fourth of the Rashidun caliphs and the first Shia Imam. [ 1] Fatima has been compared to Mary, mother of Jesus, especially in Shia Islam. [ 2][ 3] Muhammad is said to have regarded her as the best of women [ 4][ 5] and ...
In Islam, the belief that spiritual entities—particularly, jinn —can possess a person, (or a thing or location), [ 1] is widespread; as is the belief that the jinn and devils can be expelled from the possessed person (or thing/location) through exorcism. This practice is called al-'azm[ 2]: 98 or ruqya ( Arabic: رقية, romanized : ruqya ...
Fatima (Arabic: فَاطِمَة, Fāṭimah), also spelled Fatimah, is a feminine given name of Arabic origin used throughout the Muslim world. Several relatives of the Islamic prophet Muhammad had the name, including his daughter Fatima as the most famous one. The literal meaning of the name is one who weans an infant or one who abstains. [3] [4]
Farida ( Arabic: فريدة) is an Arabic feminine given name, meaning unique/ precious pearl. In Urdu it is spelled and pronounced the same way as Arabic. In Turkish it is spelled as Feride. In Persian, the name is rendered as Farideh ( Persian: فریده) in the Iranian dialect, but Farida (Фарида) in the Afghan and Tajik dialects.
Derived from the Greek word meaning angel, Angela made the list of top ten most popular names for girls in the U.S. from 1965 to 1979. Favorite variations include the French Angelique, as well as ...
The kalb ( Arabic: كَلْب, dog) of the sleepers of the cave (18:18–22) [ 15] The namlah ( Arabic: نَمْلَة, Female ant) of Solomon (27:18–19) [ 13] The nāqat ( Arabic: نَاقَة, she-camel) of Salih [ 25] The nūn ( Arabic: نُوْن, fish or whale) of Jonah [ 26] The ḥūt ( Arabic: حُوْت, large fish) of Moses.
Norse. Taoist. Zoroastrian. Inter-religious. v. t. e. In Islamic tradition the two kiraman katibin ( Arabic: كراماً كاتبين ‘honourable scribe’) are two angels called Raqib and Atid, believed by Muslims to record a person's actions. The Quran refers to them in two places, in 50:16-18 and by name as ‘Noble Recorders' in 82:10-12.