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Islam portal. v. t. e. In Islam, a houri ( Arabic: حُـورِيَّـة ,حُورِيّ, romanized : ḥūriyy, ḥūrīya) [ Note 1] is a maiden woman with beautiful eyes who is described as a reward for the faithful Muslim men in paradise. [ 2] They are described as the same age as the men in paradise. Since hadith states people will be ...
Angel Blowing a Woodwind, ink and opaque watercolor painting from Safavid Iran, c. 1500, Honolulu Academy of Arts.. The Quranic word for angel (Arabic: ملك, romanized: malak) derives either from Malaka, meaning "he controlled", due to their power to govern different affairs assigned to them, [14] or from the triliteral root '-l-k, l-'-k or m-l-k with the broad meaning of a "messenger", just ...
Arabic. Arabic literature ( Arabic: الأدب العربي / ALA-LC: al-Adab al-'Arabī) is the writing, both prose and poetry, produced by writers in the Arabic language. The Arabic word used for literature is "Adab", which is derived from a meaning of etiquette, and which implies politeness, culture and enrichment. Arabic literature emerged ...
The Imperial Harem ( Ottoman Turkish: حرم همايون, romanized : Harem-i Hümâyûn) of the Ottoman Empire was the Ottoman sultan 's harem – composed of the wives, servants (both female slaves and eunuchs ), female relatives and the sultan's concubines – occupying a secluded portion (seraglio) of the Ottoman imperial household. [ 1]
e. Names of God in Islam ( Arabic: أَسْمَاءُ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ʾasmāʾu llāhi l-ḥusnā, " Allah's Beautiful Names ") are names attributed to God in Islam by Muslims. These names usually denote his praise, gratitude, commendation, glorification, magnification, perfect attributes, majestic qualities, and acts ...
Khidr. Al-Khidr ( / ˈxɪdər /, Arabic: ٱلْخَضِر, romanized : al-Khaḍir; also Romanized as al-Khadir, Khader, Khidr, Hidr, Khizr, Kezr, Kathir, Khazer, Khadr, Khedher, Khizir, Khizar, Khilr) is a figure not mentioned by name in the Quran. He is described in Surah Al-Kahf, as a righteous servant of God possessing great wisdom or ...
Islamic states from the early 9th century to the early 19th century consistently deployed slaves as soldiers, a phenomenon that was very rare outside of the Islamic world. [ 1 ] The Quran mentions ghilman ( غِلْمَان ) as serving boys who are one of the delights of Jannah or paradise/heaven of Islam, in verse 52:24 (Verse 56:17 is also ...
Adam ( Arabic: آدم, romanized : ʾĀdam ), in Islamic theology, is believed to have been the first human being on Earth and the first prophet ( Arabic: نبي, nabī) of Islam. Adam's role as the father of the human race is looked upon by Muslims with reverence. Muslims also refer to his wife, Ḥawwāʾ ( Arabic: حَوَّاء, Eve ), as ...