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Ruh al-qudus
Rūḥ al-qudus (Arabc: رُوحُ القُدُس) or the Holy Spirit, is a being whose nature has been a matter of disagreement among Muslim scholars. Some maintain…
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Mizan
Mīzān (Arabic: میزان) or Measure or Scale is a Quranic concept referring to a station on the day of resurrection. In this station, people and their actions are evaluated…
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Sura al-Insan
Sūra al-Insān (Arabic: سورة الإنسان) or Sūra Hal Atā ( سورة هل أتی) or Sūra al-Dahr (سورة الدهر) is the seventy sixth sura of the Qur’an in accordance to the order…
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Gambling
Gambling (Arabic: القمار) is a game in which the parties bet on some money or property to be paid to the winner.…
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Shirk
Shirk, or ascribing partners to God (الشرک), is the opposite of tawhid and one of the grave sins. Muslim scholars have divided shirk into shirk…
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Munafiq
Munāfiq (Arabic: المنافق) or hypocrite is a person who has not truly embraced Islam but pretends to be a believer. The phenomenon of hypocrisy (nifaq) appeared in…
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Mutahhirat
Muṭahhirāt (Arabic: المطهِّرات, purifying agents) is a jurisprudential term means the eleven things that makes a mutanajjis tahir (ritually cleanse…
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Verse of Ghiba
The Verse of Ghiba (Arabic: آيَة الغِيبَة) or Verse of Backbiting explains the prohibition of backbiting and the reason for it. In this verse, backbiting is likened to eating…
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Niyyah
Niyyah (Arabic: نیّة) means the intention and determination to do something. According to hadiths, the value of any deed is determined by the…
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Al-Tathir Verse
Al-Taṭhīr verse (Arabic: آيَةُ التَّطهير, lit. the Verse of Purification) is a part of verse 33 of Sura al-Ahzab (Qur’an 33) in which…
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