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Jahiliyyah ( Arabic: جَاهِلِيَّة jāhilīyah [d͡ʒæːhɪˈlɪj.jæ], "ignorance") is a polemical Islamic and Arabic term that refers to the period in Pre-Islamic Arabia before the advent of Islam in 609 CE. It usually refers to the Age of Ignorance. [ 1][ 2] The term jahiliyyah may be derived from the verbal root jahala ...
In Indonesian Islamic education, Kitab kuning (lit: yellow book) refers to the traditional set of the Islamic texts used by the educational curriculum of the Islamic seminary in Indonesia, especially within the madrasahs and pesantrens. Coverage of kitab kuning extends from the principles of Islamic jurisprudence ( usul al-fiqh ), Islamic ...
e. The Kaaba in Mecca or Makkah. Bakkah ( Arabic: بَكَّةُ [ˈbɛk.kɛh] ), is a place mentioned in surah 3 ( 'Āl 'Imrān ), ayah 96 of the Qur'an, a verse sometimes translated as: "Indeed, the first House [of worship] established for mankind was that at Bakkah [i.e., Makkah] - blessed and a guidance for the worlds." ( Quran 3:96 )
e. Arabization or Arabicization ( Arabic: تعريب, romanized : taʻrīb) is a sociological process of cultural change in which a non-Arab society becomes Arab, meaning it either directly adopts or becomes strongly influenced by the Arabic language, culture, literature, art, music, and ethnic identity as well as other socio-cultural factors.
Mawlā ( Arabic: مَوْلَى, plural mawālī مَوَالِي ), is a polysemous Arabic word, whose meaning varied in different periods and contexts. [1] Before the Islamic prophet Muhammad, the term originally applied to any form of tribal association. [2] In the Quran and hadiths it is used in a number of senses, including 'Lord ...
Islamic fundamentalists, or at least "reformist" fundamentalists, believe that Islam is based on the Qur'an, Hadith and Sunnah and "criticize the tradition, the commentaries, popular religious practices ( maraboutism, the cult of saints), deviations, and superstitions. They aim to return to the founding texts." [ 23]
Aqidah comes from the Semitic root ʿ-q-d, which means "to tie; knot". [6] (" Aqidah" used not only as an expression of a school of Islamic theology or belief system, but as another word for "theology" in Islam, as in: "Theology (Aqidah) covers all beliefs and belief systems of Muslims, including sectarian differences and points of contention".) [7]
Arab Muslims ( Arabic: ﺍﻟْمُسْلِمون ﺍﻟْﻌَﺮَﺏ al-Muslimiyyūn al-ʿArab) are the largest subdivision of the Arab people and the largest ethnic group among Muslims globally, [ 1] followed by Bengalis [ 2][ 3][ 4] and Punjabis. [ 5] Likewise, they comprise the majority of the population of the Arab world. [ 6][ 7]