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Similar words can be found in Sanskrit (कलम kalama, meaning "reed" and "pen" as well as a type of rice), Hebrew (kulmus, meaning quill) and Latin (calamus) as well as the ancient Greek Κάλαμος (Kalamos). The Arabic word قلم qalam (meaning "pen" or "reed pen") is likely to have been borrowed from one of these languages in antiquity.
Qalams as used in calligraphy. A qalam (Arabic: قلم) is a type of reed pen.It is made from a cut, dried reed, and used for Islamic calligraphy.The pen is seen as an important symbol of wisdom in Islam, and references the emphasis on knowledge and education within the Islamic tradition.
The Book of Fixed Stars, a 10th-century synthesis of the comprehensive star catalogue in Ptolemy’s Almagest with local Arabic astronomical traditions on the constellations (notably the constellation system of the Anwā’). This page shows Orion (al-jabbar, "the giant"). The star Rigel in his foot derives its name from the Arabic rijl, "foot."
While ghazal originated in Arabia evolving from qasida, some of the common features of contemporary ghazal, such as including the takhallus in the maqta ', the concept of matla', etc., did not exist in Arabic ghazal. It was Persian ghazal which added these features. [5]
Rithā’ al-Andalus (Arabic: رثاء الأندلس, variously translated as "An Elegy to al-Andalus" [1] or "Elegy for the fall of al-Andalus" [2]), also known as Lament for the Fall of Seville, is an Arabic qaṣīda nūniyya [3] [4] which is said to have been written by Andalusi poet Abu al-Baqa ar-Rundi in 1267, [2] "on the fate of al-Andalus after the loss, in 664/1266, of several ...
Six Kalimas Order Arabic Meaning Transliteration Audio; 1. كَلِمَاتْ اَلطَّيِّبَة. Kalimat aṭ-Ṭayyibah (Word of Purity) . لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّٰهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَّسُولُ ٱللَّٰهِ
The word الله (Allāh) is usually produced automatically by entering "alif lām lām hāʾ"; or in Arabic "ا ل ل ه". The word consists of alif + ligature of doubled lām with a shadda and a dagger alif above lām .
A City Lament is a poetic elegy for a lost or fallen city. This literary genre, from around 2000 BCE onwards, was particularly prevalent in the Mesopotamian region of the Ancient Near East . [ 1 ] The Bible's Book of Lamentations concerning Jerusalem around 586 BCE, contains some elements of a city lament.