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" Ajal - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Abrahamov, Binyamin
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AL
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English
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1059914
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ALei311
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Abrahamov, Binyamin
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Ajal - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Abrahamov, Binyamin
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Leiden: Brill
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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(724 words)
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Ajal is the Arabic term for the predetermined length of one's life or the appointed time of one's death. Qurʾānic verses differ on the question of whether or not ajal , decreed by God, is susceptible of being changed by man. On the one hand, Q 7:34, 10:49, 16:61, 29:53, 35:11, and 71:4 affirm a fixed time of death and Q 16:61, 35:45, and 42:14 state that even sins do not shorten one's lifetime. On the other hand, verses
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Islam.
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