37. The Impact Of Global English On The Arabic Language: The Loss Of The Allah Lexicon
The Impact of Global English on the Arabic Language: The Loss of the Allah Lexicon1
The Impact of Global English on the Arabic Language: The Loss of the Allah Lexicon1
248 B.C.E.–224 C.E. Parthian Empire
224 C.E.–651 C.E. Sassanid Empire
570 Birth of the Prophet Muhammad
610 The Prophet Muhammad receives his first revelation
622 The Hijrah (migration) from Mecca to Medina
624 Battle of Badr
625 Battle of Uhud
627 Battle of the Trench
628 Treaty of Hudaybiyyah; Battle of Khaybar
630 Conquest of Mecca
632 Death of the Prophet Muhammad
632–61 The rule of the four rightly guided caliphs
The Islamic religion places a great deal of stress on cleanliness. The importance of hygiene in the Muslim faith is summarized in a famous tradition in which the Prophet Muhammad said: “Purification is half of faith” (Muslim, Ahmad, Tirmidhi).
The olive has been cultivated since prehistoric times. While its culinary uses are well-known, its medicinal applications, which involve the leaves and the oil, are less familiar, particularly outside of the Islamic and Mediterranean world. The Muslim world, however, has always revered the olive as a source of food, oil, and medicine. The full appreciation of the olive was the direct result of both Qur’anic and Prophetic guidance.
Anglophone scholars of Islam, who do not have reading comprehension of French, will be familiar with Joseph Arthur de Gobineau (1816-1882) through his infamous Inequality of Human Races, and through his reputation as “the father of racist ideology.” They may also have come across The World of the Persians and Selected Political Writings, as well as some of his novels.
Malcolm X: The Power of Speech1
The Perfect Human: The Universal Synthesis of the Divine Names1
The Origin of the Name Allah1
The Image of the Road in Islam1