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" Beautiful names of God - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Akkach, Samer
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English
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1060996
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ALei1393
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Akkach, Samer
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Beautiful names of God - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Akkach, Samer
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Leiden: Brill
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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(1,927 words)
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The beautiful (or most beautiful) names of God (al-asmāʾ al-ḥusnā) is an expression that appears in four verses ( sūra s) of the Qurʾān: al-Aʿrāf , 180; al-Isrāʾ , 110; Ṭāha , 8; and al-Ḥashr , 24. Inviting believers to use them when calling on or appealing to God, one verse says, “To God belong al-asmāʾ al-ḥusnā , so call on Him by them” ( al-Aʿrāf , 180); another says, “Say: call on God, or call on the Merciful, by whichever name you call on Him, to Him belong al-
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Islam.
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ALei1393.pdf
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