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Key terms of the Quran explained in a concise manner.

عبادت کا مفہوم

عبادت کا مفہوم

عبادت کے لُغوی معانی عبادت  عربی زبان کا لفظ ہے  جس کا مادہ   ع۔ب۔د ہے۔  عربی کی مستند لغات میں اس کے مندرجہ ذیل معا نی ملتے ہیں: ۱۔ کسی کی بندگی ، غلامی  یا خدمت گزاری کرنا ۲۔ کسی کا محکوم ہونا ۳۔ عاجزی اور انکساری کے ساتھ کسی کی اطاعت و تابع فرمانی کرنا یا احکام کی تعمیل کرنا ۴۔ عقیدت مندی اور تعظیم و تکریم کے ساتھ کسی کی پرستش، پُوجا یا  پرستاری کرنا ’’عبادت‘‘ کے مادہ …

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Difference between “bashar” and “insaan”

Difference between “bashar” and “insaan”

Two commonly used Arabic terms in the Quran, to refer to human beings are: al-bashar and al-insaan. The term al-bashar is often used to refer to the physical characteristics or appearance of human beings. The term ‘al-insaan’ is used when reference is to be made towards human behaviour or conduct. All of Allah’s Messengers were apparently human beings with respect to their physical characteristics. So the Quran used the term ‘al-bashar’, when physical aspect of human beings was under discussion….

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Rahmaan and Raheem (رحمان و رحیم)

Rahmaan and Raheem (رحمان و رحیم)

The root of the word RAHMAAN and RAHEEM is Ra-Ha-Meem (ر۔ح۔م).  RAHIM or RIHM, means the womb i.e. the receptacle of the young in the belly where it is provided with the means of subsistence with tenderness and security, without it doing any endeavour. RAHMAH or RAHMAT has the following meanings: Mercy; Pity; Compassion; Tenderness; Beneficence; Pardon; Forgiveness; Favour; Sustenance; Means of subsistence; Plenty of herbage, or of goods, conveniences, or comforts of life. From the study of the Quran,…

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Rooh (رُوح)

Rooh (رُوح)

The dictionaries of classical Arabic give various meanings of the word ‘Rooh’, including: Breath of life; soul; spirit; the vital principle (i.e. A hypothetical force to which the functions and qualities peculiar to living things are sometimes ascribed); inspiration; Revelation; essence; the Quran; joy and happiness; Mercy; Life-giving words of Allah; Prophet’s Divine Message (because of its life giving qualities); Angel; Arch-angel Gabriel. In the Holy Quran, the word Rooh has also been used in different meanings. Please see the following references:…

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Imaan (اِیمان)

Imaan (اِیمان)

The root of the word IMAAN is A-M-N, which primarily means “to trust, be secure, be in safety, confine in”. The wordIMAAN has the following meanings: -The believing or Belief or Conviction -Becoming true to the trust with respect to which Allah Has confided in one, by a firm believing with the heart, not by profession of belief with the tongue only, without the assent of the heart -The manifesting humility or submission, and the accepting of the Divine Law and the firm believing thereof…

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Falah (فلاح)

Falah (فلاح)

  I فلح  To cleave, split, cut, slit or crack ( ھsomething)  [ LL, HW, LQ] To furrow or plough (الارض the land), to cultivate it; to till the ground (الارض the land) [LL, HW] To unfold something in order to reveal its intrinsic properties; to till and break open the surface of the earth and make its productivity power active [AM] IV and X افلح to thrive, prosper, become happy; to have luck or success, to be lucky or successful (فى in, with)  [HW]; to prosper,…

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