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A. Aminah Assilmi (born Janice Huff) – former Southern Baptist preacher who converted to Islam while attempting to convert Muslims to Christianity. [ 5] Hamza Ali Abbasi – former Pakistani actor, converted to Islam from atheism. [ 6] Abd Al Malik (born Régis Fayette-Mikano) – French rapper and poet. [ 7]
Muhammad Asad. Muhammad Asad[ a] (born Leopold Weiss; 2 July 1900 – 20 February 1992) was an Austro-Hungarian -born Pakistani Muslim polymath. A Jew, he worked as a journalist, traveler, writer, political theorist, and diplomat. [ 6]
The Shahada ( Arabic: الشَّهَادَةُaš-šahādatu; Arabic pronunciation: [aʃʃahaːdatʊ], 'the testimony'), [ note 1 ] also transliterated as Shahadah, is an Islamic oath and creed, and one of the Five Pillars of Islam and part of the Adhan. It reads: "I bear witness that there is no deity but God, and I bear witness that Muhammad ...
Urdu Daira Maarif Islamiya or Urdu Encyclopaedia of Islam ( Urdu: اردو دائرہ معارف اسلامیہ) is the largest Islamic encyclopedia published in Urdu by University of the Punjab. Originally it is a translated, expanded and revised version of Encyclopedia of Islam. Its composition began in the 1950s at University of the Punjab.
Islam portal. v. t. e. Uthman ibn Affan ( Arabic: عُثْمَان بْن عَفَّان, romanized :ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān; c.573 or 576 – 17 June 656) was the third caliph, ruling from 644 until his assassination in 656. Uthman, a second cousin, son-in-law, and notable companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, played a major role in early ...
The Khalīfatul Masīh (Arabic: خليفة المسيح; Urdu: خلیفہ المسیح; English: Successor of the Messiah), sometimes simply referred to as Khalifah (i.e. Caliph, successor), is the elected spiritual and organizational leader of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and is the successor of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, who had taken ...
Different sources give different lists of the 99 names. The following list is based on the one found in the Jamiʿ at-Tirmidhi (9th century), which is the most commonly known. [citation needed] Other hadiths, such as those of al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Ibn Majah, al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi or Ibn ʿAsākir, have variant lists.
Umm Ayman. Baraka bint Thaʿlaba ( Arabic: بَـرَكَـة بنت ثَعلَبَة ), commonly known by her kunya Umm Ayman (Arabic: أمّ أيمن ), was an early Muslim and companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. She was an Abyssinian slave of Muhammad 's parents, Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib and Aminah bint Wahb. Following the death ...