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Islam. Islam ( / ˈɪzlɑːm, ˈɪzlæm / IZ-la (h)m; [ 7] Arabic: ٱلْإِسْلَام, romanized : al-Islām, IPA: [alʔɪsˈlaːm], lit. 'submission [to the will of God]') is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
The metaphor of a golden age began to be applied in 19th-century literature about Islamic history, in the context of the western aesthetic fashion known as Orientalism.The author of a Handbook for Travelers in Syria and Palestine in 1868 observed that the most beautiful mosques of Damascus were "like Mohammedanism itself, now rapidly decaying" and relics of "the golden age of Islam".
Stone, Marble, Limestone. The Kaaba,[b]sometimes referred to as al-Ka'ba al-Musharrafa,[d]is a stone building at the center of Islam's most important mosqueand holiest site, the Masjid al-Haramin Mecca, Saudi Arabia. [2][3][4]It is considered by Muslimsto be the Bayt Allah(Arabic: بَيْت ٱللَّٰه, lit.
Waki' ibn al-Jarrah. al-Shafi'i. all Hanafis. Abu Hanifa[ a] ( Arabic: أَبُو حَنِيفَة, romanized : Abū Ḥanīfa; September 699–767) [ 5] was a Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, theologian, ascetic, [ 3] and eponym of the Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence, which remains the most widely practiced to this day. [ 3]
According to T. W. Arnold in The Preaching of Islam, by the 2nd century of the Islamic calendar, Arab traders had been trading with the inhabitants of Ceylon, modern-day Sri Lanka. The same argument has been told by Dr. B.H. Burger and Dr. Mr. Prajudi in Sedjarah Ekonomis Sosiologis Indonesia (History of Socio Economic of Indonesia). [ 264 ]
The Third Pillar of Islam is Zakāt, or alms giving or charity. [16] Zakat means purification which indicates that a payment makes the rest of one's wealth legally and religiously pure. [16] By following this pillar, Muslims have to deduct certain amount of their wealth to support the Islamic community — usually about 2.5% of their wealth.
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 ...
Religion in pre-Islamic Arabia included indigenous Arabian polytheism, ancient Semitic religions, Christianity, Judaism, Mandaeism, and Zoroastrianism . Arabian polytheism, the dominant form of religion in pre-Islamic Arabia, was based on veneration of deities and spirits. Worship was directed to various gods and goddesses, including Hubal and ...