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14 hours ago · The statistic that the world’s largest pearl, known as the ‘Pearl of Allah’ or ‘Pearl of Lao Tzu’, weighs approximately 14 pounds indicates the exceptional size of this natural gem. Pearls are typically formed within the shells of mollusks, and finding one of such magnitude is exceedingly rare.
2 days ago · Khalid ibn al-Walid ibn al-Mughira al-Makhzumi ( Arabic: خالد بن الوليد بن المغيرة المخزومي, romanized : Khālid ibn al-Walīd ibn al-Mughīra al-Makhzūmī; died 642) was a 7th-century Arab military commander. He initially headed campaigns against Muhammad on behalf of the Quraysh.
2 days ago · Allāh is the Arabic word referring to God in Abrahamic religions. In the English language, the word generally refers to God in Islam.The Arabic word Allāh is thought to be derived by contraction from al-ʾilāh, which means "the god", (i.e., the only god) and is related to El and Elah, the Hebrew and Aramaic words for God.
5 days ago · Believed to be 600 years old, the Pearl of Allah currently has a market value of $40 million. People in the Philippines are superstitious. Like any other country, the Philippines has a set of interesting superstitions that they believe in.
2 days ago · Praise be to Allah. Some scholars say that it is permissible to use the Masbahah (prayer beads), but they say that it is preferable to do Tasbih (count praises) on one’s fingers; others say that it is Bid`ah (reprehensible religious innovation).
2 days ago · Islam, major world religion promulgated by the Prophet Muhammad in Arabia in the 7th century ce. The Arabic term islām, literally “surrender,” illuminates the fundamental religious idea of Islam—that the believer (called a Muslim, from the active particle of islām) accepts surrender to the will of Allah (in Arabic, Allāh: God).
1 day ago · Early Muslim conquests. The early Muslim conquests or early Islamic conquests ( Arabic: الْفُتُوحَاتُ الإسْلَامِيَّة, romanized : al-Futūḥāt al-ʾIslāmiyya ), [3] also known as the Arab conquests, [4] were initiated in the 7th century by Muhammad, the founder of Islam.
