KITAB

Meaning of KITAB in English

kēˈtäb noun

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Etymology: Arabic kitāb book

Islam : a book especially of sacred scripture and usually of the scripture of the Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians, or Muslims

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

AHLUL KITAB — Ahlul-Kitab :People of the book. The people whom Allah have sent a book:Christians, Jews, etc.
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AHL AL-KITAB — Ahl al-Kitap (also Kitab):People of the Book (Christians, Jews, and other religions with revealed scriptures.)
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AHL AL-KITAB — (Arabic: People of the Book), in Islamic thought, those religionists such as Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians who are possessors of …
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YAQUB KULAYNI — Thiqat al-islam Muhammad ibn Ya'qub Kulayni (d. 329/940) is the first person in Shi'ism to have separated the Shi'ite hadiths …
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YAHYA HILLI — Abu'l-Qasim Ja'far ibn Hasan ibn Yahya Hilli (d. 676/1277), known as Muhaqqiq, was an outstanding genius in the science of …
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THIQAT AL-ISLAM — Thiqat al-islam Muhammad ibn Ya'qub Kulayni (d. 329/940) is the first person in Shi'ism to have separated the Shi'ite hadiths …
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SHIITE SCHOLAR — The Shi'is call Abu Ja'far Muhammad al Tusi (d. 460/1068) the 'Elder of the Denomination' (Shaykh al-ta'ifa), since he is …
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SHAYKH TUSI — The Shi'is call Abu Ja'far Muhammad al Tusi (d. 460/1068) the 'Elder of the Denomination' (Shaykh al-ta'ifa), since he is …
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MUHAQQIQ — Abu'l-Qasim Ja'far ibn Hasan ibn Yahya Hilli (d. 676/1277), known as Muhaqqiq, was an outstanding genius in the science of …
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MUHAMMAD TUSI — The Shi'is call Abu Ja'far Muhammad al Tusi (d. 460/1068) the 'Elder of the Denomination' (Shaykh al-ta'ifa), since he is …
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KULEYNI — Thiqat al-islam Muhammad ibn Ya'qub Kulayni (d. 329/940) is the first person in Shi'ism to have separated the Shi'ite hadiths …
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KULAYNI — Thiqat al-islam Muhammad ibn Ya'qub Kulayni (d. 329/940) is the first person in Shi'ism to have separated the Shi'ite hadiths …
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HILLI — Abu'l-Qasim Ja'far ibn Hasan ibn Yahya Hilli (d. 676/1277), known as Muhaqqiq, was an outstanding genius in the science of …
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YA'QUBI, AL- — died 897, Egypt in full Ahmad Ibn Abu Ya'qub Ibn Ja'far Ibn Wahb Ibn Wadih Al-ya'qubi Arab historian and geographer, …
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WAQIDI, AL- — born 747, Medina, Arabia [now in Saudi Arabia] died 823, Baghdad, Iraq in full Abu 'abd Allah Muhammad Ibn 'umar …
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SIBAWAYH — born 760?, al-Bayda', Iran died 793?, Shiraz byname of Abu Bishr 'amr Ibn 'uthman celebrated grammarian of the Arabic language. …
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RAZI, AR- — born c. 865, , Rayy, Persia [now in Iran] died 923/932, Rayy in full Abu Bakr Muhammad Ibn Zakariya' Ar-razi, …
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MAS'UDI, AL- — born 9th century, , Baghdad, Iraq died 957, al-Fustat, Egypt in full Abu Al-husayn 'ali Ibn Al-husayn Al-mas'udi historian and …
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KHWARIZMI, AL- — born c. 780, Baghdad, Iraq died c. 850 in full Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi Muslim mathematician and astronomer whose major …
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KHALIL IBN AHMAD, AL- — born c. 718, , Oman died , between 776 and 791, Basra, Iraq in full Al-khalil Ibn Ahmad Ibn 'amr …
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JAHIZ, AL- — born c. 776, , Basra, Iraq died 868/869, Basra in full Abu 'uthman 'amr Ibn Bahr Ibn Mahbub Al-jahiz Islamic …
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ISRAELI, ISAAC BEN SOLOMON — born 832/855, Egypt died 932/955, Al-Qayrawan, Tunisia Arabic Abu Ya-'qub Ishaq Ibn Sulayman Al-isra'ili, also called Isaac Israeli, or Isaac …
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IDRISI, ASH-SHARIF AL- — born 1100, Sabtah, Mor. died 1165/66, Sicily, or Sabtah byname of Abu 'abd Allah Muhammad Ibn Muhammad Ibn 'abd Allah …
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IBN QUTAYBAH — born 828, al-Kufah, Iraq died 889, Baghdad in full Abu Muhammad 'abd Allah Ibn Muslim Ad-dinawari Ibn Qutaybah writer of …
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IBN JANAH — born c. 990, , Crdoba died c. 1050, , Zaragoza, Spain also called Ibn Jonah, Abu Al-walid Marwan, bynames Rabbi …
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IBN DURAYD — in full Abu Bakr Muhammad Ibn Al-hasan Al-azdi Ibn Durayd born 837/838, Basra, Iraq died Aug. 13, 933, Baghdad Arab …
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HISHAM IBN (MUHAMMAD) AL-KALBI — born before 747, , Al-Kufah, Iraq died 819/821, Al-Kufah also called Abu Al-mundhir scholar of the customs, lineage, and battles …
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FAKHR AD-DIN AR-RAZI — born 1149, Rayy, Iran died 1209, near Herat, Khwarezm in full Abu 'abd Allah Muhammad Ibn 'umar Ibn Al-husayn Fakhr …
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DINAWARI, AD- — , in full Abu Hanifah Ahmad Ibn Da'ud Al-dinawari born c. 815 died c. 895, /902 Persian astronomer, botanist, and …
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ALBUMAZAR — born Aug. 10, 787, Balkh, Khorasan [now in Afghanistan] died March 9, 886, al-Wasit, Iraq also spelled Albumasar, or Abu …
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ABU'L-WAFA' — born 940, Buzjan, Iran died 998, Baghdad, Iraq also spelled Abul Wefa, in full Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn …
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