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on Valentine's Day here are 21 Urdu words for love, noted by Prof Shamsur Rahman Faruqi sahib

on Valentine's Day here are 21 Urdu words for love, noted by Prof Shamsur Rahman Faruqi. These convey different shades and stages of (sexual/sacred) love. They are in no particular order. And words for lust, etc. are not listed youtu.be/z82ySUzJQZo?...

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what is ishq-e haqeeqi : and it doesn't have anything to do with Valentine's Day

what is ishq-e haqeeqi : and it doesn't have anything to do with Valentine's Day ( a simple beginner's explanation-. For more details read my book In Search of the Divine) youtu.be/I7CfzX7TcEA?...

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The Shias celebrate it as the birthday of the 12th Imam- The Mehdi

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it is a night when one’s deceased ancestors are commemorated. Nazar and Fatiha is done and sweets distributed. ‎People use the night to atone for the sins of their ancestors and save them & themselves from hellfire. ‎In many countries including India Muslims would celebrate with fireworks. ‎

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On the night, Muslims worldwide ask forgiveness for their sins from the all-merciful Allah. ‎It derives from the Arabic words bara’ah (forgiveness ) and shab (evening ) ‎Due to the virtues of the night, it is one of the holiest nights in Islam. ‎

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Rana Safvi @ranasafvi.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

‎Shab-e Barat ‎“Verily, My Mercy prevails over My Wrath.”~ Hadith e Qudsi ‎Shab e Baraat – This blessed night starts at sunset on the 14th of Shaban and ends at dawn on the 15th of Shaban. . ‎ ‎image: courtesy Pergamon museum – Princess Zebunnisa celebrating Shab e Barat

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the awadh version of rohu, with methi and dahi

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Rana Safvi @ranasafvi.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Death is a great leveler 157th birth anniversary of Hakim Ajmal Khan, a philanthropist, freedom fighter, famous hakeem and nationalist is a well known personality. He sleeps forgotten in one of Delhi's bastis, his grave in a 2 gaz space in what was once his family qabristan.

Rana Safvi @ranasafvi.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Maula ki zamanat mein diya ranasafvi.com/what-is-imam...

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Rana Safvi @ranasafvi.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

‎It is under the central arch & is made of golden sandstone ( sang-e bassi) and marble. ‎it was in the year 1829 by Mirza Salim, son of Akbar II. ‎What fascinated me was the marble jali around it which is very similar to the jali around the cenotaph in Taj Mahal.

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Rana Safvi @ranasafvi.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

one of the oft overlooked gem of the Jama Masjid, Delhi is the makabbar. ‎This is the station for the Mukabbir, he who asists the Imam by giving the time by which the various motions in the prayer are regulated., repeating the formula, Allahu Akbar (اللہ اکبر) in prayers.

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Rana Safvi @ranasafvi.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

as per a schedule that Dr Ali sent me, I think so. I didn't specifically enquire about it

Rana Safvi @ranasafvi.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Will be signing my book in Penguin India stall at the World Book Fair 4 Feb, 25 1 pm Please come

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Rana Safvi @ranasafvi.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

At the dargah of Hazrat Inayat Shah (1882–1927 CE), a Chisti Sufi he travelled west in 1910. & established the Sufi order in 1914 & taught ‘universal Sufism’, which became International Sufi Movement in 1923. Sufism, acc to him, is based on ‘Tauheed’ & unity of religious ideals, love and harmony

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Rana Safvi @ranasafvi.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

his work is very good. His painting of the tragedy of Karbala is iconic & much copied.

Rana Safvi @ranasafvi.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

I couldn't fond the date of the work but Mahmoud Farshchian was born in 1930, still active.

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image Makhzan al-Asrār by Niẓāmī Folio 3v from the net

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Meraj: is the ascent ‎where he ascends thru the 7 heavens & is greeted by, and in effect validated by the previous Prophets. At the culmination, he sees the lote tree, Divine Throne, al-bayt al-mamur – the celestial counterpart to the Kaba)where angels do tawaaf

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Isra: is the journey that Prophet took from Medina to the the "farthest mosque" traditionally identified as the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on a winged horse-like white animal, called Buraq. Here the Prophet led other Prophets in prayer.

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The eve of 27th Rajab is Shab e Meraj the night journey of the Holy Prophet (s) from Mecca to al-Aqsa Mosque and from there to the heavens. It's divided in two parts. Isra and Meraj Image by Mahmud Farshchian

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