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The experiences of Muslim women (Arabic: مسلمات Muslimāt, singular مسلمة Muslimah) vary widely between and within different societies. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] At the same time, their adherence to Islam is a shared factor that affects their lives to a varying degree and gives them a common identity that may serve to bridge the wide cultural ...
Islam. Islam ( / ˈɪzlɑːm, ˈɪzlæm / IZ-la (h)m; [ 7] Arabic: ٱلْإِسْلَام, romanized : al-Islām, IPA: [alʔɪsˈlaːm], lit. 'submission [to the will of God]') is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
The basic Arabic alphabet contains 28 letters. Forms using the Arabic script to write other languages added and removed letters: for example ژ is often used to represent /ʒ/ in adaptations of the Arabic script. Unlike Greek -derived alphabets, Arabic has no distinct upper and lower case letterforms.
Ummah ( / ˈʊmə /; [ 1] Arabic: أُمَّة [ˈʊm.mæ]) is an Arabic word meaning "nation". [citation needed] It is distinguished from shaʻb ( شَعْب [ˈʃæʕb], "people"), which means a nation with common ancestry or geography. Thus, Ummah can be said to be a supra-national polity with a common history.
In Unicode: ( U+262A ☪ STAR AND CRESCENT ) Allah. Means "God" in Arabic and used by Muslims worldwide irrespective of the language spoken. The word written in Islamic calligraphy is widely used as a symbol of Islam in the Muslim world. In Unicode: ( U+FDF2 ﷲ ARABIC LIGATURE ALLAH ISOLATED FORM ) Shahadah.
Musaylima ( Arabic: مُسَيْلِمَةُ ), otherwise known as Musaylima ibn Ḥabīb ( Arabic: مسيلمه ابن حبيب) d.632, was a claimant of prophethood [ 1][ 2][ 3] from the Banu Hanifa tribe. [ 4][ 5] Based from Diriyah in present day Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, he claimed to be a prophet and was an enemy of Islam in 7th-century Arabia.
Rahimahullah ( Arabic: رَحِمَهُ ٱللَّٰهُ, romanized : raḥimahu llāh, lit. 'God have mercy on him') is a phrase often used after mentioning the righteous Islamic persons who lived after the companions of Muhammad. [ 1] The mention of a late male teacher, scholar, leader, or even a relative who was known for his goodness can be ...
The word الله (Allāh) is usually produced automatically by entering "alif lām lām hāʾ", or in Arabic: "ا ل ل ه". The word consists of alif + ligature of doubled lām with a shadda and a dagger alif above lām .