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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).
Noor (name) Noor (also spelt Nur, Nor, or Nour, Arabic: نور: Nūr IPA: [nuːr]) is a common Arabic feminine and masculine given name meaning "light", from the Arabic al-Nur ( النور ). Variants include Noora, Nora, Norah, Noura, and Nura [ 1] It is also used as a surname.
A tawaif was a highly successful courtesan singer ‚ dancer ‚ and poet who catered to the nobility of the Indian subcontinent, particularly during the Mughal era. Many tawaifs ( nautch girls to the British) were forced to go into prostitution due to a lack of opportunities by the time of the British Raj. [ 1][page needed]
Fatima bint Muhammad ( Arabic: فَاطِمَة بِنْت مُحَمَّد, romanized : Fāṭima bint Muḥammad; 605/15–632 CE), commonly known as Fatima al-Zahra' ( Arabic: فَاطِمَة ٱلزَّهْرَاء, romanized : Fāṭima al-Zahrāʾ ), was the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his wife Khadija. [ 1] Fatima's ...
Yusuf and Zulaikha. Yusuf and Zulaikha (the English transliteration of both names varies greatly) is a title given to many tellings in the Muslim world of the story of the relationship between the prophet Yusuf and Potiphar's wife. Developed primarily from the account in Sura 12 of the Qur'an, a distinct story of Yusuf and Zulaikha seems to ...
e. Women in the Quran are important characters and subjects of discussion included in the stories and morals taught in Islam. Most of the women in the Quran are represented as either mothers or wives of leaders or prophets. They retained a certain amount of autonomy from men in some respects; for example, the Quran describes women who converted ...
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 ...