QURAYSH

Meaning of QURAYSH in English

noun

see quraish

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

QURAYSH — Quraysh is the tribe of Mecca to which Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) belonged. All his descendants are also called Qurayshi.
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QURAYSH — also spelled Kuraish, or Koreish, the ruling tribe of Mecca at the time of the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. …
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SEVENTH IMAM — Imam Musa ibn Ja'far Kazim, the son of the sixth Imam, was born in 128/744 and was poisoned and martyred …
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KUREYS — Quraysh is the tribe of Mecca to which Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) belonged. All his descendants are also called Qurayshi.
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KEVSER — a-Name of one of the chapters in the Holy Quran. b-One of the names of Lady Fatima, the Beloved Daughter …
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KAUTHER — a-Name of one of the chapters in the Holy Quran. b-One of the names of Lady Fatima, the Beloved Daughter …
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HAMIDA KHATOON — Mother of the Seventh Imam. Imâm Musa Kâzim (pbuh) The Seventh Imam Imam Musa ibn Ja'far Kazim, the son of …
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GHAZAL — also spelled Ghazel, Gasal, or Gazel, in Islamic literature, genre of lyric poem, generally short and graceful in form and …
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CALIPH — also spelled Calif, Arabic Khalifah (successor), ruler of the Muslim community. When Muhammad died (June 8, 632), Abu Bakr succeeded …
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UMAYYAD DYNASTY — also spelled Omayyad first great Muslim dynasty to rule the Empire of the Caliphate (AD 661750), sometimes referred to as …
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SUNNITE — Arabic Sunni, plural Sunni, member of one of the two major branches of Islam, the branch that consists of the …
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SHAFI'I, ABU 'ABD ALLAH (MUHAMMAD IBN IDRIS) ASH- — born , 767, Arabia died Jan. 20, 820, al-Fustat, Egypt Muslim legal scholar who played an important role in the …
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LAT, AL- — North Arabian goddess of pre-Islamic times to whom a stone cube at at-Ta'if (near Mecca) was held sacred as part …
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KHARIJITE — Arabic Khawarij, the earliest Islamic sect, which traces its beginning to a religio-political controversy over the Caliphate. After the murder …
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ISLAMIC WORLD — prehistory and history of the Islamic community. Adherence to Islam is a global phenomenon: Muslims predominate in some 30 to …
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ISLAMIC THOUGHT — Islamic thought Social and ethical principles Family life A basic social teaching of Islam is the encouragement of marriage, and …
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HASHIMITE — also spelled Hashemite, any of the Arab descendants, either direct or collateral, of the prophet Muhammad, from among whom came …
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EGYPT, FLAG OF — horizontally striped red-white-black national flag with a central coat of arms in the form of a gold eagle. The flag …
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CALIPHATE — the political-religious state comprising the Muslim community and the lands and peoples under its dominion in the centuries following the …
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ABU BAKR — also called As-siddiq (Arabic: "The Upright") born c. 573 died Aug. 23, 634 Muhammad's closest companion and adviser, who succeeded …
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'UQAYLID DYNASTY — Muslim Arab dynasty whose various branches ruled Mosul (c. 9921096) and Takrit (1036c. 1057), in what is now Iraq. The …
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'UMAR IBN ABI RABI'AH — full name 'umar Ibn 'abd Allah Ibn Abi Rabi'ah Al-makhzumi born November 644, Mecca, Arabia [now in Saudi Arabia] died …
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'UMAR I — born c. AD 586, , Mecca, Arabia [now in Saudi Arabia] died Nov. 3, 644, Medina, Arabia in full 'umar …
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'AMR IBN AL-'AS — died 663, Al-Fustat, Egypt the Arab conqueror of Egypt. A wealthy member of the Banu Sahm clan of the important …
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'ALI — in full 'ali Ibn Abu Talib born c. 600, , Mecca died January 661, Kufah, Iraq son-in-law of Muhammad, the …
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'ABBASID DYNASTY — second of the two great dynasties of the Muslim Empire of the Caliphate. It overthrew the Umayyad caliphate in AD …
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TAGHUT — [Islamic] A demon who was worshipped by the Quraysh before Muhammad (Qur'an 2:257-9).
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