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  2. Angels in Islam - Wikipedia

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    Angels play an important role in Muslim everyday life by protecting the believers from evil influences and recording the deeds of humans. They have different duties, including their praise of God, interacting with humans in ordinary life, defending against devils (shayāṭīn) and carrying on natural phenomena. [ 4 ]

  3. Iblis - Wikipedia

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    Islam. Iblis (Arabic: إِبْلِيسْ, romanized: Iblīs), [2] alternatively known as Eblīs, [3] is the leader of the devils (shayāṭīn) in Islam. According to the Quran, Iblis was thrown out of heaven after refusing to prostrate himself before Adam. He is often compared to the Christian Satan, since both figures were cast out of heaven ...

  4. Hujjat al-Islam - Wikipedia

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    Shia Islam portal. v. t. e. Hujjat al-Islam (Arabic: حجة الإسلام, romanized: ḥujjat ul-Islām, Persian: حجةالاسلام or حجت‌الاسلام, romanized: hojjat-ol-Eslām) is an Islamic honorific title which translates in English to "authority on Islam " or "proof of Islam ". [1] The title "Hujjat al-Islam" is given to ...

  5. Names of God in Islam - Wikipedia

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    Thus, postulating the tenet in Islam's creed that essentialy, the name-bearing of Allah are different from attributes of Allah. [5] Nevertheless, Al-Uthaymin stated the principal ruling of giving attributes to Allah is similar with the ruling about giving name to Allah; that is forbidden to gave attributes without evidences from Qur'an and ...

  6. Prophets and messengers in Islam - Wikipedia

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    The revealed books are the records which Muslims believe were dictated by God to various Islamic prophets throughout the history of mankind, all these books promulgated the code and laws of Islam. The belief in all the revealed books is an article of faith in Islam and Muslims must believe in all the scriptures to be a Muslim. Islam speaks of ...

  7. Allah - Wikipedia

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    Muhammad used the word Allah to indicate the Islamic conception of God. Allah has been used as a term for God by Muslims (both Arab and non-Arab), Judaeo-Arabic -speaking Jews, and Arab Christians [ 11 ] after the terms " al - ilāh " and "Allah" were used interchangeably in Classical Arabic by the majority of Arabs who had become Muslims.

  8. Ibn al-Haytham - Wikipedia

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    Biography. Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) was born c. 965 to a family of Arab [9][31][32][33][34] or Persian [35][36][37][38][39] origin in Basra, Iraq, which was at the time part of the Buyid emirate. His initial influences were in the study of religion and service to the community. At the time, society had a number of conflicting views of religion ...

  9. Dhikr - Wikipedia

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    Dhikr (Arabic: ذِكْر; [ a ] / ðɪkr /; lit.'remembrance, reminder,[ 4 ] mention[ 5 ]') is a form of Islamic worship in which phrases or prayers are repeatedly recited for the purpose of remembering God. [ 4 ][ 6 ] It plays a central role in Sufism, [ 7 ] and each Sufi order typically adopts a specific dhikr, accompanied by specific ...