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The United States Postal Service (USPS) has issued several Eid postage stamps, across several years—starting in 2001—honoring "two of the most important festivals in the Islamic calendar: Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha." Eid stamps were released in 2001–2002, 2006–2009, 2011, and 2013. They are also being issued as Forever Stamps.
Al-Mu'awwidhatayn ( Arabic: المعوذتين), sometimes translated as " Verses of Refuge", is an Arabic term referring to the last two suras (chapters) of the Qur'an, viz. Al-Falaq, and Al-Nas, which are two consecutive short prayers both beginning with the verse "Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of...". Although these two suras are separate ...
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 ...
Names and attributes of Allah found in the Quran; Angels. Malāʾikah (مَلَائِكَة, Angels): Angels of Hell Mālik (Guardian) Zabāniyah (Angels of punishment) Bearers of the Throne; Harut and Marut; Kirāman Kātibīn (Arabic: كِرَامًا كَاتِبِيْن, Honourable Scribes) Archangels. Archangels:
Vietnamese. Western. Islamic calligraphy is the artistic practice of handwriting and calligraphy, in the languages which use Arabic alphabet or the alphabets derived from it. It includes Arabic, Persian, Ottoman, and Urdu calligraphy. [2] [3] It is known in Arabic as khatt Arabi ( خط عربي ), which translates into Arabic line, design, or ...
Not identified by name in the Quran. Sarah, Hagar, Zipporah, Elizabeth, Raphael, Cain and Abel, Korah, Joseph's brothers, Potiphar and his wife, Eve, Jochebed, Samuel, Noah's sons, and Noah's wife are mentioned, but unnamed in the Quran. In Islamic tradition, these people are given the following names: Image. Bible (English) Arabic.
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 ...
Postal rates to 1847. Initial United States postage rates were set by Congress as part of the Postal Service Act signed into law by President George Washington on February 20, 1792. The postal rate varied according to "distance zone", the distance a letter was to be carried from the post office where it entered the mail to its final destination.