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Nabi
Prphet of Allah. Plural: Anbiyaa.
Nafl
A voluntary act of supererogatory devotion such as Nafl Prayer or Nafl Fast.
Nasara
Nasara is the name given to the followers of the Christian faith both in the Qur'an and Hadith.
Nasi
Nasi was a practice in vogue among the pre-Islamic Arabs: they altered the duration of the four sacred months. Whenver they wished to start fighting or to loot and plunder - and they could not do so during the sacred months - they carried out their expedition in one of the sacred months and then later on compensated for this violation by treating one of the non-sacred months as a sacred month.
Naskh
A style of curved writing often used for early hand-written copies of the Qur'an.
Nifaq
Hypocrisy.
Nikah
Marriage.
Niqab
A type of veil that covers the entire face including the eyes.
Niyyah
Intention.
Nubuwah
Nubuwah means prophethood.
Nur (an)
"The Light." One of the ninety-nine Attributes of Allah. See An-Nur (24:35-36).
Nusub
Nusub signify all places consecrated for offerings to others than the One True God, regardless of whether they are images of stone or something else.
Nusuk
Nusuk signify ritual sacrifice as well as other forms of devotion and worship.
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Regards,
Sardarzada
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God is dead! God remains dead! And we have killed him! How shall we console ourselves, the most murderous of all murderers? The holiest and the mightiest that the world has hitherto possessed, has bled to death under our knife....
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