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The Quran mentions the woman who untwisted her spun thread after it was strong in Sura 16 (an-Nahl), but not by name. "And do not be like she who untwisted her spun thread after it was strong [by] taking your oaths as [means of] deceit between you because one community is more plentiful [in number or wealth] than another community.
Amira (name) Arwa. Ashraqat. Asma (given name) Atefeh. Atikah. Aya (given name) Azra (name) Azza (given name)
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.
The Quran uses feminine as well as gender-neutral adjectives to describe houris, [83] [84] [85] by describing them with the indefinite adjective عِينٌ, which some have taken to imply that certain passages are referring to both male and female companions. [86]
Asiya bint Muzahim ( Arabic: آسِيَة بِنْت مُزَاحِم, romanized : Āsiya bint Muzāḥim) was, according to the Qur'an and Islamic tradition, the wife of the Pharaoh of the Exodus. [ 2][ 3] Asiya was the wife of Pharaoh and the adoptive mother of Moses, first mentioned in Surah Al-Qasas in the Quran, [ 3] identified as Bithiah ...
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 ...
Primary. A fragment of Sūrat an-Nisā' – a chapter of Islam's sacred text entitled 'Women' – featuring the Persian, Arabic, and Kufic scripts. Islam views men and women as equal before God, and the Quran underlines that man and woman were "created of a single soul" (4:1, [ 15] 39:6 [ 16] and elsewhere).
This article is an incomplete list of female scholars of Islam. A traditionally-trained female scholar is referred to as ʿālimah or Shaykha. [ 1] The inclusion of women in university settings has increased the presence of women scholars. [ 2] Akram Nadwi authored the largest compilation on female Islamic scholars, titled Al-Wafa bi Asma al ...