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Al-Masih ad-Dajjal (Arabic: ٱلْمَسِيحُ ٱلدَّجَّالُ, romanized: al-Masīḥ ad-Dajjāl, lit. 'Deceitful Messiah'), [1] otherwise referred to simply as the Dajjal, is an evil figure in Islamic eschatology who will pretend to be the promised Messiah and later claim to be God, appearing before the Day of Judgment according to the Islamic eschatological narrative.
t. e. In Islam, Jahannam is the place of punishment for unbelievers and evildoers in the afterlife, or hell. [ 1] This notion is an integral part of Islamic theology, [ 1] and has occupied an important place in the Muslim belief. [ 2] It is often called by the proper name Jahannam. [ a] However, "Jahannam" is simultaneously a term specifically ...
Islam portal. v. t. e. Khitan ( Arabic: ختان) or Khatna ( Arabic: ختنة) is the Arabic term for circumcision, [ 1][ 2] and the Islamic term for the practice of religious male circumcision in Islamic culture. [ 3] Male circumcision is widespread in the Muslim world, [ 3] and accepted as an established practice by all Islamic schools of ...
v. t. e. As-Sirāt ( Arabic: الصراط) is, according to Islam, the bridge over which every person must pass on the Yawm al-Qiyamah ( lit. ' Day of Resurrection ') in order to enter Jannah ( lit. 'Paradise' ). It is mentioned in the Quran, and is described in the Hadith. [2] As-Sirāt is said to be thinner than a strand of hair and as sharp ...
Khidr. Al-Khidr ( / ˈxɪdər /, Arabic: ٱلْخَضِر, romanized : al-Khaḍir; also Romanized as al-Khadir, Khader, Khidr, Hidr, Khizr, Kezr, Kathir, Khazer, Khadr, Khedher, Khizir, Khizar, Khilr) is a figure not mentioned by name in the Quran. He is described in Surah Al-Kahf, as a righteous servant of God possessing great wisdom or ...
In recent twenty first century, some Muslim Islamic scholars have warned against lending "legitimacy to non-Muslim scholars’ understanding about Islam" by engaging with them, and that even a rigorously scholarly academic work on Islam such as the Brill Encyclopedia of Islam "is filled with insults and disparaging remarks about the Qur’an". [31]
An 1808 Kashmiri image of paradise. In Islam, Jannah ( Arabic: جَنَّةٍ, romanized : janna, pl. جَنّٰت jannāt, lit. 'paradise' or 'garden') [ 1] is the final and permanent abode of the righteous. [ 2] According to one count, the word appears 147 times in the Qur'an. [ 3] Belief in the afterlife is one of the six articles of faith ...
Shia Islam limits the Ahl al-Bayt to the Ahl al-Kisa, namely, Muhammad, Fatima, Ali, Hasan and Husayn. [206] [207] There are various views in Sunni Islam, though a typical compromise is to include also Muhammad's wives in the Ahl al-Bayt. [208] The verse of purification is regarded in Shia Islam as evidence of the infallibility of the Ahl al ...