The Friday prayer at the mosque or salatul Jumu’ah is an essential part of the practice of Salat and the life of a Muslim believer and holds special significance for both the individual and Islamic community and is considered one of the blessings with which the Muslim nation has been endowed as “the best day…(as) on it‚ Allah created Aadam” (Ahmad and At-AT Tirmithi). In the holy Quran and the Hadiths‚ it is mentioned that Friday is one of the most important days of the week because of this. The
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The Great Mosque of Cordoba The Great Mosque of Cordoba can be seen as “the earliest extant example of Andalusi architectural culture”[i]. The Mezquita’s history begins with its initial inception and assembly in the late eighth-early ninth century‚ continuing into its expansions of the tenth century‚ culminating in its unexpected welding of ideology in the sixteenth century. “As the premier monument of al-Andalus‚ the Cordoba mosque embodies the history of the Iberian peninsula from its
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Satyavrat Nirala Psychosomatic Monster: Jamaal’s Transformation in Omair Ahmad’s “Jimmy the Terrorist.” “Is it better to out-monster the monster or to be quietly devoured?” Friedrich Nietzsche1 I am entangled. I reminisced and endeavored myself with a phobic contemplation that is it only my verge? I paused to procure the echo. My inception of hypothesis is soundlessly germinating. What is Psychosomatic? I figured out the meaning relating to‚ involving‚ or concerned with bodily symptoms caused
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an imambara is a shrine built by Shia Muslims for the purpose of Azadari. The Bara Imambara is among the grandest buildings of Lucknow. ------------------------------------------------- Building Composition The complex also includes the large Asfi mosque‚ the bhulbhulayah (the labyrinth)‚ and bowli‚ a step well with running water. Two imposing gateways lead to the main hall. ------------------------------------------------- Relief Measure The Bara Imambara was built in 1783‚ a year of a devastating
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Sheikh Lutfallah Mosque Art Appreciation Written Assignment #2 Ms. Muzna Alquaiti Sundus Nagadi For my written art critique‚ I was asked to choose a work of art that I liked and discuss what I think about it as well as critique it based on what I have learned throughout this course so far. I looked at various works of Islamic Art‚ and I realized that I preferred the ones with Mosques; therefore‚ I chose to critique one. I had quite a variety to choose from‚ but Shekh Lutfallah’s Mosque was the one
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Near-Death Experiences: Psychological or Paranormal? Undergoing a near-death experience is said to be unique and even sometimes unsettling. It can occur under a few differing circumstances‚ but is most likely to happen when one is on the brink of death. The cause is yet to be positively determined‚ yet most characteristics of a near-death experience can be attributed to psychological reasoning rather than paranormal. Scientists have given valid explanations for most characteristics of NDE’s
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The Suleymaniye mosque was truly a masterpiece during the time it was built in the mid 1500s. Today‚ it still never fails to captivate its audience through the complexity of its design and the intellectual analysis of its significance. The mosque was actually said to be as magnificent as the Seven Wonders of the World according to two European travelers‚ Freynes Moryson and John Sanderson‚ soon after its completion (Nelipogulu 221). The mosque is definitely symbolic in the city of Istanbul‚ sitting
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POLITICISATION THE LINK BETWEEN NEWSPAPERS AND LITERACY An Essay by Deepa Venkatesan ‚ T.Y.BMM A newspaper which loses its value every passing hour once published and out-read by a reader has‚ in layman’s terms‚ maybe an investment of just a rupee or three. But that very newspaper has a long past and has shaped the Indian History in ways unimaginable. From becoming a poor man’s tool towards literacy to influencing political rule‚ regional language newspapers have penetrated in the ground level
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In the book butterfly mosque this book is about a twenty year old American woman who falls in love with a religion‚ she was undecided what path to choose stay as an atheist or as a Muslim‚ she falls in love with an Egyptian culture but as well in a Egyptian man. Though her book she devotes many of her pages to a discussion of women and Islam. The author begins with the concept‚ Is Islam really in conflict with Western values? She explores the many dimension of this topic. The author’s language is
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era. Introduction to Songs of Experience is the first poem in the Songs of Experience poetry set in Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. The poem is organized in four stanzas‚ where each of them contains five lines. The third and fourth lines of each stanza have less beats than any other lines in the verse. The rhyme in every stanza is consistent‚ which is in ABAAB form. In this poem the tone is criticizing. In William Blake’s Introduction to Songs of Experience‚ the poet uses auditory imagery
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