Monday, August 20, 2007

Islamic arabic terms . Letter N

Nabi = Prophet of Allah.



Nasara = is the name given to the followers of the Christian faith both in the Qur'an and Hadith.


Nasi = was a practice in vogue among the pre-Islamic Arabs: they altered the duration of the four sacred months. Whenver they wished to start fighting or to loot and plunder - and they could not do so during the sacred months - they carried out their expedition in one of the sacred months and then later on compensated for this violation by treating one of the non-sacred months as a sacred month.


Naskh = style of curved writing often used for early hand-written copies of the Qur'an.


Nifaq = Hypocrisy.


Nikkah = Marriage.


Niqab = type of veil that covers the entire face including the eyes.


Niyyah = Intention.


Nubuwah = prophethood.


Nur (an) = "The Light." One of the ninety-nine Attributes of Allah.


Nusub = Nusub signify all places consecrated for offerings to others than the One True God, regardless of whether they are images of stone or something else.


Nusuk = ritual sacrifice as well as other forms of devotion and worship.

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