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The (Un)Translatability of Qur’anic Idiomatic Phrasal Verbs

A Contrastive Linguistic Study

By: Ali Yunis Aldahesh

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The (Un)Translatability of Qur’anic Idiomatic Phrasal Verbs

A Contrastive Linguistic Study

By: Ali Yunis Aldahesh

Qur’anic idiomaticity, in its all aspects, poses a great deal of challenge to Qur’an readers, learners, commentators, and translators. One of the most challenging aspects of Qur’anic idiomaticity is Qur’anic idiomatic phrasal verbs, where significances of proper Arabic verbs are entirely fused with significances of prepositions following them to produce new significances that have nothing to do with the basic significances of those verbs and prepositions. By examining a corpus of ten of the most influential English translations of the Qur’an, this study scrutinizes how some translators of the Qur’an have dealt with the phenomenon of Qur’anic idiomatic phrasal verbs, the difficulties that they have encountered when translating them into English, and the strategies that they have employed in their attempts to overcome the inherent ambiguity of such expressions and provide their functional-pragmatic equivalents for English readership. The study proposes a working model for analysing and assessing the translation of the Qur’anic idiomatic phrasal verbs and provides a number of theory-based recommendations for translators in general and Qur’an translators in particular.

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0429655207

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Tales from the Land of the Sufis

By: Mojdeh Bayat,Mohammad Ali

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Tales from the Land of the Sufis

By: Mojdeh Bayat,Mohammad Ali

Take a magic carpet ride into the delightful world of Sufi storytelling with these best-loved tales from Persian literature and lore, in which images of madness, passionate love, and self-sacrifice convey the inner experiences of the soul that has surrendered to the Divine Beloved. The tales are retold from the celebrated works of Sufi poets and spiritual masters such as Rumi, Attar, Nizami, and Jami, as well as anecdotes about these famous masters.

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Shambhala Publications

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0834829401

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The Astronomical Calculations and Ramadan

A Fiqhī Discourse

By: Zulfiqar Ali Shah

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The Astronomical Calculations and Ramadan

A Fiqhī Discourse

By: Zulfiqar Ali Shah

This book shatters the myth that naked-eye sighting of the new moon and completing thirty days in the case of weather-related or other obscurities are the only two valid methods of determining the month of Ramadan. The author explains that certainty, not actual sighting, is the real objective of the Shariah and that the Qur'an does not mandate physical sighting. A careful analysis shows that those hadiths that seemingly require sighting actually require certainty. The assertion that all Muslim scholars prohibit the use of astronomical calculations, both in affirming or negating the month of Ramadan, is not correct. As calculation is now more accurate than naked-eye sighting, due to certain astronomical and scientific advancements, the use of calculation is the closest to the real objective of the Shari'ah and to the spirit of the hadiths.

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IIIT

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1565643348

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9781565643345

A Corpus-Driven Approach to Stylistic Analysis of a Lexical Richness Curve

An Analysis of Six English Novels

By: Khalid Shakir Hussein,Ali Hussein Abdul-Ameer

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A Corpus-Driven Approach to Stylistic Analysis of a Lexical Richness Curve

An Analysis of Six English Novels

By: Khalid Shakir Hussein,Ali Hussein Abdul-Ameer

Scientific Study from the year 2017 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, Thi-Qar University (College of Arts), language: English, abstract: This book is an attempt to explore the lexical richness of certain well-known literary texts using a statistical gauge called lexical richness curve. The analysis conducted throughout this scientific study is corpus-based and a recent version of WordSmith Tools (0.7) is used to process the basic statistical frequencies of types and tokens. The study depends basically on a wordlist tool used to analyze digital samples of six novels written by three grand novelists: Virginia Woolf's The Waves and To the Lighthouse , James Joyce's Ulysses and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and William Faulkner's Light in August and The Sound and Fury . Fifteen samples are taken randomly from each novel with ( 1000 ) tokens intervals, so the overall samples used in the study are 90 samples. Then each sample is statistically analyzed to find about its lexical richness .The number of the types ( distinct vocabulary words ) and the number of the tokens ( words ) are counted for each sample. The ratio of types and tokens are presented visually by using Microsoft Office Excel diagrams. This will facilitate a rigorous process of figuring out the lexical richness of each novel. It is quite evident that Joyce's Ulysses holds the highest rate of lexical richness while Faulkner's Light in August reserves the lowest lexical richness curve. As for Woolf, her novels are located somewhere in the middle with an exceptional approaching observed in The Waves to Joyce's Ulysses in some textual samples. Moreover, it is an evident feature that the type – token curves for Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Woolf's To the Lighthouse are virtually reciprocal indicating an exceptional similarity in their lexical repertoires.

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GRIN Verlag

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3668396868

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Contemporary Plays from Iraq

A Cradle; A Strange Bird on Our Roof; Cartoon Dreams; Ishtar in Baghdad; Me, Torture, and Your Love; Romeo and Juliet in Baghdad; Summer Rain; The Takeover; The Widow

By: A. Al-Azraki,Monadhil Daoud Albayati,Abdul Razaq al Rubai,Ali Abdel-Nabi Al-Zaidi,Rasha Fadhil,Awatif Naeem,Abdul-Kareem Mahdi Saleh,Kareem Shghidel,Hoshang Waziri

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Contemporary Plays from Iraq

A Cradle; A Strange Bird on Our Roof; Cartoon Dreams; Ishtar in Baghdad; Me, Torture, and Your Love; Romeo and Juliet in Baghdad; Summer Rain; The Takeover; The Widow

By: A. Al-Azraki,Monadhil Daoud Albayati,Abdul Razaq al Rubai,Ali Abdel-Nabi Al-Zaidi,Rasha Fadhil,Awatif Naeem,Abdul-Kareem Mahdi Saleh,Kareem Shghidel,Hoshang Waziri

Contemporary Plays from Iraq is a ground-breaking collection of Middle Eastern drama translated into English for the very first time. With works from both established and emerging male and female playwrights, written in country and in exile, this volume offers current Iraqi perspectives on a war and occupation that have significantly impacted the Middle East and the rest of the world. Dealing exclusively with contemporary plays originating from Iraq, this anthology gives under-studied Arabic political theatre the attention it deserves and provides a general introduction that sets the plays within their cultural and historical contexts. The plays are preceded by introductions from the playwrights themselves, further enriching each piece for the enjoyment and understanding of the reader. The volume is introduced and translated by James Al-Shamma, Assistant Professor at Belmont University, US, and A. Al-Azraki, an Iraqi playwright.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1474253326

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And Still The Earth Turns

By: Muhammad Ali Bandial

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And Still The Earth Turns

By: Muhammad Ali Bandial

Qasim has everything planned out: a bright future, the love of a girl who shares his dreams, and a loving family. But all that changes in a matter of seconds.

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Book Guild Publishing

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1915853656

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The Women’s Mosque of America

Authority and Community in US Islam

By: Tazeen M. Ali

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The Women’s Mosque of America

Authority and Community in US Islam

By: Tazeen M. Ali

Analyzes how American Muslim women assert themselves as religious actors in the US and beyond, using the Qur’an as a tool for social justice and community building The Women’s Mosque of America (WMA), a multiracial, women-only mosque in Los Angeles, is the first of its kind in the United States. Since 2015, the WMA has provided a space for Muslim women to build inclusive communities committed to gender and social justice, challenging the dominant mosque culture that has historically marginalized them through inadequate prayer spaces, exclusion from leadership, and limited access to religious learning. Tazeen M. Ali explores this congregation, focusing on how members contest established patriarchal norms while simultaneously contending with domestic and global Islamophobia that renders their communities vulnerable to violence. Drawing on textual analysis of WMA sermons and ethnographic interviews with community members, and utilizing Black feminist and womanist frameworks, Ali investigates how American Muslim women create and authorize new conceptions of Islamic authority. Whereas the established model of Islamic authority is rooted in formal religious training and Arabic language expertise, the WMA is predicated on women’s embodied experiences, commitments to social and racial justice, English interpretations of the Qur’an, and community building across Islamic sects and in an interfaith context. Situating the US at the center rather than at the margins of debates over Islamic authority and showing how American Muslim women assert themselves as meaningful religious actors in the US and beyond, Ali’s work offers new insights on Islamic authority as it relates to the intersections of gender, religious space, and national belonging.

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NYU Press

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1479811289

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Qaum, Mulk, Sultanat

Citizenship and National Belonging in Pakistan

By: Ali Usman Qasmi

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Qaum, Mulk, Sultanat

Citizenship and National Belonging in Pakistan

By: Ali Usman Qasmi

After the trauma of mass violence and massive population movements around the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, both new nation states faced the enormous challenge of creating new national narratives, symbols, and histories, as well as a new framework for their political life. While leadership in India claimed the anti-colonial movement, Gandhi, and a civilizational legacy in the subcontinent, the new political elite in Pakistan were faced with a more complex task: to carve out a separate and distinct Muslim history and political tradition from a millennium long history of cultural and religious interaction, mixing, and coexistence. Drawing on a rich archive of diverse sources, Ali Qasmi traces the complex development of ideas of citizenship and national belonging in the postcolonial Muslim state, offering a nuanced and sweeping history of the country's formative period. Qasmi paints a rich picture of the long, arduous, and often conflict-ridden process of writing a democratic constitution of Pakistan, while simultaneously narrating the invention of a range of new rituals of state—such as the exact color of the flag, the precise date of birth of the national poet of Pakistan, and the observation of Eid as a "national festival"—providing an illuminating analysis of the practices of being Pakistani, and a new portrait of Muslim history in the subcontinent.

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Stanford University Press

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1503637794

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Islam: The Key Concepts

By: Kecia Ali,Oliver Leaman

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Islam: The Key Concepts

By: Kecia Ali,Oliver Leaman

Islam: The Key Concepts is a clear and concise guide to the religion and culture of Islam. Kecia Ali and Oliver Leaman explore this highly topical subject focusing on key issues including: the Qur’an, faith, theology, gender, fundamentalism, martyrdom, Jihad, Islam in America, Islam in Europe and Islamic Law. This is the ideal study resource and includes: a comprehensive introduction, an alphabetical list of relevant terms (fully cross-referenced), a short bibliographical guide, bibliography, and index. A glossary of all non-English terms is also provided.

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Routledge

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1134155514

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Islamic Dynasties of the Arab East

State and Civilization During the Later Medieval Times

By: Abdul Ali

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Islamic Dynasties of the Arab East

State and Civilization During the Later Medieval Times

By: Abdul Ali

This volume contains indepth, comprehensive studies on five such islamic dynasties of great historical importance, namely the Fatimids, the Ayyubids, the Mamluks, the Rasulids and the Zaydis. It is hoped that this illuminating and scholarly work will not only cater to the needs of students and scholars of Arab-Islamic history and culture, but also serve as an authentic reference book on the subject.

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M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.

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8175330082

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9788175330085

Contextualizing Translation Theories

Aspects of Arabic–English Interlingual Communication

By: Ali Almanna

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Contextualizing Translation Theories

Aspects of Arabic–English Interlingual Communication

By: Ali Almanna

Contextualizing Translation Theories: Aspects of Arabic–English Interlingual Communication provides critical readings of available strategies of translating, ranging from the familiar concept of equivalence, to strategies of modulation, domestication, foreignization and mores of translation. As such, this volume demonstrates to the reader the pros and cons of each of these strategies within a theoretical context that is augmented by translational tasks and examples, most derived from actual textual data.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1443882267

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Young Muslim America

Faith, Community, and Belonging

By: Muna Ali

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Young Muslim America

Faith, Community, and Belonging

By: Muna Ali

Young Muslim America explores the perspectives and identities of the American descendants of immigrant Muslims and converts to Islam. Whether their parents were new Muslims or new Americans, the younger generations of Muslim Americans grow up bearing a dual heritage and are uniquely positioned to expound the meaning of both. In this ethnographic study, Muna Ali explores the role of young Muslim Americans within America and the ummah through four dominant narratives that emerge from discussions about and among Muslims. Cultural differences purportedly cause an identity crisis among young Muslims torn between seemingly irreconcilable Islamic and Western heritages. Additionally, culture presumably contaminates a "pure" Islam and underlies all that divides Muslim America's diverse subgroups. Some propose creating an American Muslim culture and identity to overcome these challenges. But in this historical moment when Muslims have become America's newest "problem people" and political wedge, some Americans are suspicious of this identity and fear a Muslim cultural takeover and the "Islamization of America." Situating these discussions in the fields of identity, immigration, American studies, and the anthropology of Islam, Ali examines how younger Muslims see themselves, their faith community, and their society, and how that informs their daily life and helps them envision an American future.

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Oxford University Press

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0190664452

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General Order No. 5

The Redemption of a Muslim American Patriot

By: F. Qasim ibn Ali Khan

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General Order No. 5

The Redemption of a Muslim American Patriot

By: F. Qasim ibn Ali Khan

General Order No. 5: The Redemption of a Muslim American Patriot, chronicles my true life story of a boy who grew up into manhood, and various levels of leadership with an ongoing desire to make an impact on world peace. Throughout my life's journey, while experiencing some of my own mistakes, crimes, and deception, I repeatedly sought redemption and the ultimate correction of past improper behaviour. During a carefully noted chain of events that began before my birth, in my quest to address the many ills plaguing America and the world, I would finally discover the true meaning of patriotism, and what must be done to improve the quality of life of the good people of America. The meaning of General Order No. 5 reflects my frame of mind, as I would approach and attempt to tackle one after the other, a task, project, or mission, and see it through to completion . . . or at least until I could be properly relieved.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1514467763

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The Story of Karbala

By: Ayatolla Ali Nazari Munfarid

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The Story of Karbala

By: Ayatolla Ali Nazari Munfarid

“Oh, Allah, You are my only trust in every calamity. You are my only hope in every hardship. You are the only promise in anxiety and distress, in which hearts become weak and (human) action becomes slight, whereby one is deserted and forsaken by his own friends, and the enemies take malicious pleasure and rejoice at his misfortunes. Oh, Allah, I submit myself to You. My complaint is to You alone against my enemies, and to You alone is my desire and request. Who else other than You can relieve me from grief? You alone are the custodian of every blessing and the master of every excellence and the last resort for every desire.” —the prayer of the Imam-Husayn (AS) on the Day of Ashura

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AuthorHouse

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1546247645

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The Principles and Practice of Heat Transfer

By: Ali H. Tarrad

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The Principles and Practice of Heat Transfer

By: Ali H. Tarrad

The imminent need to mitigate the global warming potential (GWP) and the impact of the ozone depletion potential (ODP) demand seeking more efficient uses of energy, new energy sources, and new technologies. Heat transfer plays a vital role in efficient power production with minimum investment, installation, and maintenance costs. This book deals with issues related to efficiently utilizing available energy by integrating the technology of heat exchangers into power production units. Further, it provides detailed descriptions of heat transfer applications commonly used in modern everyday life and industrial contexts, supported by practical and worked-out examples presented to facilitate learning.

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1527591883

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The Different aspects of Islamic culture

Islam in the World today; Islam and the Muslim world today

By: Ali, Abdulrahim,Thiam, Iba Der,Talib, Yusof A.

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The Different aspects of Islamic culture

Islam in the World today; Islam and the Muslim world today

By: Ali, Abdulrahim,Thiam, Iba Der,Talib, Yusof A.

This series of volumes on the manifold facets of Islamic culture is intended to acquaint a very wide public with the theological bases of its faith; the status of the individual and of society in the Islamic world; its expansion since the Revelation; its cultural manifestations in literature and the arts; and finally, Islam today between loyalty to its past and the new challenges of modernity. The last 100 years of Islamic history are examined in the final volume, although the approach is thematic rather than historical. The period considered has seen European colonialism in most of the Islamic world, and Islam has played a major role in the initiation and organization of resistance movements. We survey the groupings and forms of co-operation that have arisen since liberation from colonialism and investigate the political necessity and the moral stand that underlie the unity of the Islamic peoples. Social and economic progress is reviewed and space is devoted to such topics as the ongoing problem of Palestine, moves towards educational reform, and the status of women in Islam. As the Islamic world cannot be imagined in isolation, this volume examines the attitude of contemporary Islam towards other religions and cultures, and considers efforts aimed at achieving mutual understanding and coexistence in both Muslim and non-Muslim countries.

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UNESCO Publishing

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9231001337

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9789231001338

Iraq Under Siege

The Deadly Impact of Sanctions and War

By: Ali Abunimah

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Iraq Under Siege

The Deadly Impact of Sanctions and War

By: Ali Abunimah

This updated study of the sanctions' impact on Iraq now includes Bush's latest plans for invasion.

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South End Press

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0896086976

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Anthropomorphic Depictions of God

The Concept of God in Judaic, Christian and Islamic Traditions : Representing the Unrepresentable

By: Zulfiqar Ali Shah

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Anthropomorphic Depictions of God

The Concept of God in Judaic, Christian and Islamic Traditions : Representing the Unrepresentable

By: Zulfiqar Ali Shah

This monumental study examines issues of anthropomorphism in the three Abrahamic Faiths, as viewed through the texts of the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament and the Qur’an. Throughout history Christianity and Judaism have tried to make sense of God. While juxtaposing the Islamic position against this, the author addresses the Judeo-Christian worldview and how each has chosen to framework its encounter with God, to what extent this has been the result of actual scripture and to what extent the product of theological debate, or church decrees of later centuries and absorption of Hellenistic philosophy. Shah also examines Islam’s heavily anti-anthropomorphic stance and Islamic theological discourse on Tawhid as well as the Ninety-Nine Names of God and what these have meant in relation to Muslim understanding of God and His attributes. Describing how these became the touchstone of Muslim discourse with Judaism and Christianity he critiques theological statements and perspectives that came to dilute if not counter strict monotheism. As secularism debates whether God is dead, the issue of anthropomorphism has become of immense importance. The quest for God, especially in this day and age, is partly one of intellectual longing. To Shah, anthropomorphic concepts and corporeal depictions of the Divine are perhaps among the leading factors of modern atheism. As such he ultimately draws the conclusion that the postmodern longing for God will not be quenched by pre-modern anthropomorphic and corporeal concepts of the Divine which have simply brought God down to this cosmos, with a precise historical function and a specified location, reducing the intellectual and spiritual force of what God is and represents, causing the soul to detract from a sense of the sacred and thereby belief in Him.

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International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)

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1565645758

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Marriage and Slavery in Early Islam

By: Kecia Ali

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Marriage and Slavery in Early Islam

By: Kecia Ali

A remarkable research accomplishment. Ali leads us through three strands of early Islamic jurisprudence with careful attention to the nuances and details of the arguments.

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Harvard University Press

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0674050592

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Arab Legacy to Humour Literature

By: Abdul Ali

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Arab Legacy to Humour Literature

By: Abdul Ali

This book contains the first authentic and comprensive analytical treatment of the lighter side of the Arabs which has been a striking feature of their cultural and social life in both pre-lslamic and lslamic times. The Arab jokes and amusing anecdotes incorporated in this work from various Arabic sources have the potential not only to entertain readers, but also to provide them with penetratitng insights into the main trends of life that prevailed in the medieval Arab World, thereby giving them a peep into the otherwise inaccessible hidden character of Arab-Muslim societies in those days-the period of their cultural ascendancy which, however, contrasted sharply with early classical islam.

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8175330856

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Understanding Alzheimer's

An Introduction for Patients and Caregivers

By: Naheed Ali

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Understanding Alzheimer's

An Introduction for Patients and Caregivers

By: Naheed Ali

Although every day we read news reports linking health problems to diet and lifestyle, there remains significant confusion regarding the onset and progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Worldwide, more than 35 million people are currently suffering from Alzheimer’s, and that number is expected to increase substantially over the next decade.Understanding Alzheimer’s introduces readers to the inner workings of Alzheimer’s, how the disease progresses, and what patients and caregivers can do to live with the disease. Following the astonishing path sufferers take from being sharp-minded to cognitively impaired, the book reveals how patients and their loved ones can cope with its mental, physical, and economic effects. Dr. Naheed Ali sifts through the information currently available on Alzheimer’s to clearly and accessibly illustrate how Alzheimer’s works, how we can prevent it, and how we can address it once symptoms begin to appear. Covering diet and lifestyle, medical interventions and the stages of Alzheimer’s, he draws readers into a fuller understanding of the disease. Providing an accessible starting point for anyone wishing to learn more about Alzheimer’s, this book will prove to be an indispensable resource.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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1442217553

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The Routledge Course in Translation Annotation

Arabic-English-Arabic

By: Ali Almanna

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The Routledge Course in Translation Annotation

Arabic-English-Arabic

By: Ali Almanna

The Routledge Course in Translation Annotation: Arabic-English-Arabic is a key coursebook for students and practitioners of translation studies. Focusing on one of the most prominent developments in translation studies, annotation for translation purposes, it provides the reader with the theoretical framework for annotating their own, or commenting on others', translations. The book: presents a systematic and thorough explanation of translation strategies, supported throughout by bi-directional examples from and into English features authentic materials taken from a wide range of sources, including literary, journalistic, religious, legal, technical and commercial texts brings the theory and practice of translation annotation together in an informed and comprehensive way includes practical exercises at the end of each chapter to consolidate learning and allow the reader to put the theory into practice culminates with a long annotated literary text, allowing the reader to have a clear vision on how to apply the theoretical elements in a cohesive way The Routledge Course in Translation Annotation is an essential text for both undergraduate and postgraduate students of Arabic-English translation and of translation studies.

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1317352548

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9781317352549

History of Hadith Compilation

By: Muhammad Ali Mahdavirad

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History of Hadith Compilation

By: Muhammad Ali Mahdavirad

Today, hadith books are taken for granted, but, in the first century after the Prophet (S), it was by no means certain that the Prophet’s words would be transcribed. Why were the early Muslims so ambivalent about recording the hadith, and did the ban on writing hadith mean that no hadith manuscripts survived? This new study explores the approach of the Prophet and the twelve Imams to the writing of hadith. It uncovers numerous Companions of the Prophet and students of the twelve Imams who are said to have left behind hadith manuscripts. Special attention is given to the Four Hundred books considered foundational to Twelver Shi‘ism, as well as the famed ‘Book of Ali’ (Kitab Ali) and ‘Scroll of Fatimah’ (Mushaf Fatimah). This is a succinct, insightful overview of the history of hadith in early Islam.

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ICAS Press

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1907905375

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9781907905377

Faithful Education

Madrassahs in South Asia

By: Ali Riaz

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Faithful Education

Madrassahs in South Asia

By: Ali Riaz

In the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2011, discussions on ties between Islamic religious education institutions, namely madrassahs, and transnational terrorist groups have featured prominently in the Western media. In the frenzied coverage of events, however, vital questions have been overlooked: What do we know about the madrassahs? Should Western policymakers be alarmed by the recent increase in the number of these institutions in Muslim countries? Is there any connection between them and the "global jihad"? Ali Riaz responds to these questions through an in-depth examination of the madraassahs in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India. In Faithful Education, he examines these institutions and their roles in relation to current international politics.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813545625

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Ifta' and Fatwa in the Muslim World and the West

By: Zulfiqar Ali Shah

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Ifta' and Fatwa in the Muslim World and the West

By: Zulfiqar Ali Shah

During the formative classical period of Islamic jurisprudence, wellknown scholars possessed not only the intellectual skills required for analytic reasoning, but also a broad general knowledge of the fi elds relevant to the cultural contexts in which they issued their edicts. A viable fatwa requires knowledge of the Shari‘ah as well as local customs, cultural realities, individual and communal implications, and related matters. The original juristic tradition was formulated and fi xed during the fi rst three Islamic centuries, a time of widespread sociopolitical turmoil. Of course, the jurists’ legal outlooks and thinking processes could not have escaped this reality. While Muslims of the prophetic and rāshidūn periods adhered closely to the authentic texts due to their sincerity, piety, prophetic training, and proximity to the revelation, the changing environment in which their descendants functioned gradually started to impact how the authentic texts were understood, interpreted, paraphrased, and implemented. Both the Muslim and the non-Muslim worlds have drastically changed since that time. The new geopolitical and scientifi c realities of our rapidly changing world demand a fresh look at some aspects of the established juristic tradition. The way forward involves a systematic fresh look at and reevaluation of the old fatwas, as well as the issuance of new ones with a maqāsidī outlook that can deal successfully with today’s ever-changing global realities. In this edited volume, papers on fatwa and iftā’ point to an approach that is both rooted in the Islamic legacy and committed to meeting the challenges of the modern world.

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The Atheist Muslim

A Journey from Religion to Reason

By: Ali A. Rizvi

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The Atheist Muslim

A Journey from Religion to Reason

By: Ali A. Rizvi

In much of the Muslim world, religion is the central foundation upon which family, community, morality, and identity are built. The inextricable embedment of religion in Muslim culture has forced a new generation of non-believing Muslims to face the heavy costs of abandoning their parents’ religion: disowned by their families, marginalized from their communities, imprisoned, or even sentenced to death by their governments. Struggling to reconcile the Muslim society he was living in as a scientist and physician and the religion he was being raised in, Ali A. Rizvi eventually loses his faith. Discovering that he is not alone, he moves to North America and promises to use his new freedom of speech to represent the voices that are usually quashed before reaching the mainstream media—the Atheist Muslim. In The Atheist Muslim, we follow Rizvi as he finds himself caught between two narrative voices he cannot relate to: extreme Islam and anti-Muslim bigotry in a post-9/11 world. The Atheist Muslim recounts the journey that allows Rizvi to criticize Islam—as one should be able to criticize any set of ideas—without demonizing his entire people. Emotionally and intellectually compelling, his personal story outlines the challenges of modern Islam and the factors that could help lead it toward a substantive, progressive reformation.

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Macmillan

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1250094445

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Forgotten Voices

Power and Agency in Colonial and Postcolonial Libya

By: Ali Abdullatif Ahmida

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Forgotten Voices

Power and Agency in Colonial and Postcolonial Libya

By: Ali Abdullatif Ahmida

In Forgotten Voices, Ali Abdullatif Ahmida employs archival research, oral interviews and comparative analysis to rethink the history of colonial and nationalist categories and analyses of modern Libya.

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1136784438

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Faisal I of Iraq

By: Ali A. Allawi

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Faisal I of Iraq

By: Ali A. Allawi

DIVBorn in 1883, King Faisal I of Iraq was a seminal figure not only in the founding of the state of Iraq but also in the making of the modern Middle East. In all the tumult leading to the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire and the establishment of new Arab states, Faisal was a central player. His life traversed each of the important political, military, and intellectual developments of his times./div This comprehensive biography is the first to provide a fully rounded picture of Faisal the man and Faisal the monarch. Ali A. Allawi recounts the dramatic events of his subject’s life and provides a reassessment of his crucial role in developments in the pre– and post–World War I Middle East and of his lasting but underappreciated influence in the region even 80 years after his death. A battle-hardened military leader who, with the help of Lawrence of Arabia, organized the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire; a leading representative of the Arab cause, alongside Gertrude Bell, at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919; a founding father and king of the first independent state of Syria; the first king of Iraq—in his many roles Faisal overcame innumerable crises and opposing currents while striving to build the structures of a modern state. This book is the first to afford his contributions to Middle East history the attention they deserve.

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Yale University Press

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0300199368

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Magnetic Ferrites and Related Nanocomposites

By: Ali Ghasemi

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Magnetic Ferrites and Related Nanocomposites

By: Ali Ghasemi

As a fast-emerging and growing class of magnetic materials, ferrites have generated an increasing amount of interest for providing specific magnetic properties through controlled mixture in composites. The study of magnetic ferrite nanocomposites requires a multidisciplinary approach, involving novel synthesis techniques and an understanding of solid-state physics, electronic engineering, and material science. Magnetic Ferrites and Related Nanocomposites covers recent trends of various types of ferrite nanocomposites and evaluating the mechanisms for interpreting static and dynamic magnetic properties. Sections cover the fundamentals of magnetism, introducing different kinds of ferrites, ferrite characterization techniques, magneto-electric ferrite nanocomposites, exchange spring ferrite nanocomposites, shielding effectiveness and microwave absorption characteristics of ferrite-carbon materials, photocatalytic application of ferrite nanocomposites, and novel synthesis techniques for fabricating ferrite in nanoparticles, bulks, thin films, and nanofiber configurations. This book is an important reference for scientists, researchers, graduate students, and practitioners active in this field in order to broaden their understanding of ferrite nanocomposites and their impact on modern technology. - Provides background information regarding various basic magnetic phenomena and related theories, and defines the different natures of magnetic materials - Covers a wide range of hard and soft ferrites and related nanocomposites, particularly focusing on the correlation between structural features and magnetic analysis - Explores the role of substituted cations on the structural, thermal, magnetic, and microwave characteristics of ferrites and their nanocomposites - Discusses the mechanism involved for magnetic properties of major types of ferrite-ferroelectric magneto-electric components, exchange spring ferrite nanocomposites for fabricating next-generation permanent magnets, ferrite carbon nanocomposites for suppressing high-frequency electromagnetic radiation, and ferrite photocatalysts for omitting pollutants from our environment - Assesses the major challenges of experimental characterization and novel manufacturing techniques for fabrication of high quality ferrite, in terms of purity, shape, size, and distribution, and the application on an industrial scale

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0128240156

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Understanding Maqasid al-Shari’ah

A Contemporary Perspective

By: Musfir bin Ali al-Qahtani

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Understanding Maqasid al-Shari’ah

A Contemporary Perspective

By: Musfir bin Ali al-Qahtani

Dr. Musafir bin Ali al-Qahtani's work contributes to the ever growing body of scholarly literature in the field of maqasid al-Shari'ah (higher objectives of Islamic law). Understanding Maqasidal-Shari’ah calls for the development of a juridicial sense that is finely tuned to the higher objectives and purposes of Islamic rulings, the aims of which are the formulation of a new methodology in understanding the revealed texts and the reform of Muslim thought and its application. The author draws attention to the importance of understanding various levels of maqasid, including distinguishing between primary aims (al-maqasid al-asliyyah) and secondary aims (al-maqasid al-tabi'ah). Al-Qahtani asserts that a positive understanding of the objectives of the Shari'ah should produce affirming human and cultural developments in Muslim societies. The real strength of this work, however, is in the author's application of higher objectives and aims to different areas of jurisprudence, such as in deriving and issuing religious rulings (ifta'). and to important social issues and problems present in Muslim societies, such as extremism, jihad, commanding right and forbidding wrong, social change, crisis of Muslim thought, countering religious excessiveness, the need for recreation and leisure, citizenship and nation-belonging, spreading beauty and harmony in Islam, and the role of Muslim women in society.

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1565647947

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Practitioner’s Guide to Data Science

Streamlining Data Science Solutions using Python, Scikit-Learn, and Azure ML Service Platform (English Edition)

By: Nasir Ali Mirza

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Practitioner’s Guide to Data Science

Streamlining Data Science Solutions using Python, Scikit-Learn, and Azure ML Service Platform (English Edition)

By: Nasir Ali Mirza

Covers Data Science concepts, processes, and the real-world hands-on use cases. KEY FEATURES ● Covers the journey from a basic programmer to an effective Data Science developer. ● Applied use of Data Science native processes like CRISP-DM and Microsoft TDSP. ● Implementation of MLOps using Microsoft Azure DevOps. DESCRIPTION "How is the Data Science project to be implemented?" has never been more conceptually sounding, thanks to the work presented in this book. This book provides an in-depth look at the current state of the world's data and how Data Science plays a pivotal role in everything we do. This book explains and implements the entire Data Science lifecycle using well-known data science processes like CRISP-DM and Microsoft TDSP. The book explains the significance of these processes in connection with the high failure rate of Data Science projects. The book helps build a solid foundation in Data Science concepts and related frameworks. It teaches how to implement real-world use cases using data from the HMDA dataset. It explains Azure ML Service architecture, its capabilities, and implementation to the DS team, who will then be prepared to implement MLOps. The book also explains how to use Azure DevOps to make the process repeatable while we're at it. By the end of this book, you will learn strong Python coding skills, gain a firm grasp of concepts such as feature engineering, create insightful visualizations and become acquainted with techniques for building machine learning models. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN ● Organize Data Science projects using CRISP-DM and Microsoft TDSP. ● Learn to acquire and explore data using Python visualizations. ● Get well versed with the implementation of data pre-processing and Feature Engineering. ● Understand algorithm selection, model development, and model evaluation. ● Hands-on with Azure ML Service, its architecture, and capabilities. ● Learn to use Azure ML SDK and MLOps for implementing real-world use cases. WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR This book is intended for programmers who wish to pursue AI/ML development and build a solid conceptual foundation and familiarity with related processes and frameworks. Additionally, this book is an excellent resource for Software Architects and Managers involved in the design and delivery of Data Science-based solutions. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Data Science for Business 2. Data Science Project Methodologies and Team Processes 3. Business Understanding and Its Data Landscape 4. Acquire, Explore, and Analyze Data 5. Pre-processing and Preparing Data 6. Developing a Machine Learning Model 7. Lap Around Azure ML Service 8. Deploying and Managing Models

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9391392873

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Papa Sartre

A Modern Arabic Novel

By: Ali Bader

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Papa Sartre

A Modern Arabic Novel

By: Ali Bader

After a failed study mission in France, Abd al-Rahman returns home to Iraq to launch an existentialist movement akin to that of his hero. Convinced that it falls upon him to introduce his country's intellectuals to Sartre's thought, he feels especially qualified by his physical resemblance to the philosopher (except for the crossed eyes) and by his marriage to Germaine, who he claims is the great man's cousin. Meanwhile, his wealth and family prestige guarantee him an idle life spent in drinking, debauchery, and frequenting a well-known nightclub. But is his suicide an act of philosophical despair, or a reaction to his friend's affair with Germaine? A biographer chosen by his presumed friends narrates the story of a somewhat bewildered young man who like other members of his generation was searching for a meaning to his life. This parody of the abuses and extravagances of pseudo-philosophers in the Baghdad of the sixties throws into relief the Iraqi intellectual and cultural life of the time and the reversal of fortune of some of Iraq's wealthy and powerful families.

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