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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 ...
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 ...
Ibn Battuta is a patronymic literally meaning "son of the duckling". [11] His most common full name is given as Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Battuta. [12] In his travelogue, the Rihla, he gives his full name as Shams al-Din Abu’Abdallah Muhammad ibn’Abdallah ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Yusuf Lawati al-Tanji ibn Battuta. [13] [14 ...
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 ...
Khidr (Arabic: ٱلْخَضِر), described but not mentioned by name in the Quran Shamʿūn (Arabic: شَمْعُون ٱبْن حَمُّون, Peter , apostle of Jesus Christ ( 'Isa ibn Maryam ) Contemporaries, relatives or followers of Prophets
Language (s) Arabic. Meaning. lion, strong, steadfast. Other names. Variant form (s) Humza, Hamzah, Hamzeh, Hamsah. Hamza (also spelled as Hamzah, Hamsah, Hamzeh or Humza; Arabic: حَمْزَة, standardized transliteration is Ḥamzah) is an Arabic masculine given name in the Muslim world. It means lion, strong, and steadfast.
Francisco. The name Francisco means “Frenchman” or “ free man .”. It is the Spanish cognate of the name Francis. Babies named Francisco are often nicknamed Frank, Frankie, Paco, Paquito ...
Babur ( Persian: [βɑː.βuɾ]; 14 February 1483 – 26 December 1530; born Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad) was the founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent. He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan through his father and mother respectively. [ 4][ 5][ 6] He was also given the posthumous name of Firdaws Makani ('Dwelling in ...