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Fatima (Arabic: فَاطِمَة, Fāṭimah), also spelled Fatimah, is a feminine given name of Arabic origin used throughout the Muslim world. Several relatives of the Islamic prophet Muhammad had the name, including his daughter Fatima as the most famous one. The literal meaning of the name is one who weans an infant or one who abstains. [3] [4]
Green – The silk and pillows of Jannah are believed to be green. [4] [5] Muhammad's favorite color was green. [6] White – Considered the purest and cleanest color in Islam and the color of the flag of Muḥammad, the Young Eagle. [7] [8] Black – The color of Jahannam as well as the color of the Black Standard. [9] [10]
The ism ( اسم) is the given name, first name, or personal name; e.g. "Ahmad" or "Fatima". Most Arabic names have meaning as ordinary adjectives and nouns, and are often aspirational of character. For example, Muhammad means 'Praiseworthy' and Ali means 'Exalted' or 'High'.
Muhammad (name) Muhammad ( Arabic: مُحَمَّد, romanized : Muḥammad ), also spelled Muhammed, Muhamad, Mohammad, Mohammed, Mahammad, Maxammed, Mehemmed, Mohamad, Mohamed, or in a variety of other ways, is an Arabic given male name meaning 'praiseworthy'. The name comes from the passive participle of the Arabic verb ḥammada ...
Iconoclasm. Icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy depicting the "Triumph of Orthodoxy" over iconoclasm under the Byzantine empress Theodora and her son Michael III, late 14th to early 15th century. Iconoclasm (from Greek: εἰκών, eikṓn, 'figure, icon' + κλάω, kláō, 'to break') [ i] is the social belief in the importance of the ...
The word 'mosque' entered the English language from the French word mosquée, probably derived from Italian moschea (a variant of Italian moscheta), from either Middle Armenian մզկիթ (mzkit‘), Medieval Greek: μασγίδιον (masgídion), or Spanish mezquita, from مسجد (meaning "site of prostration (in prayer)" and hence a place of worship), either from Nabataean masg ĕ dhā́ ...
Tawhid[ a] ( Arabic: تَوْحِيد, romanized : tawḥīd, lit. 'oneness [of God ]') is the concept of monotheism in Islam. [ 3] Tawhid is the religion's central and single most important concept, upon which a Muslim's entire religious adherence rests. It unequivocally holds that God is indivisibly one ( ahad) and single ( wahid ). [ 4][ 5]
Islamic calligraphy is the artistic practice of handwriting and calligraphy, in the languages which use Arabic alphabet or the alphabets derived from it. It includes Arabic, Persian, Ottoman, and Urdu calligraphy. [2] [3] It is known in Arabic as khatt Arabi ( خط عربي ), which translates into Arabic line, design, or construction.