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Hikmah (also Hikmat, Arabic: حكمة, ḥikma) is an Arabic word that means wisdom, sagacity, philosophy, rationale or underlying reason. The Quran mentions "hikmah" in various places, where it is understood as knowledge and understanding of the Quran, fear of God , and a means of nourishing the spirit or intellect .
Tri Hita Karana is a traditional philosophy for life on the island of Bali, Indonesia.The literal translation is roughly the "three causes of well-being" or "three reasons for prosperity."
Many scholars have adopted historian David Bebbington's definition of evangelicalism. According to Bebbington, evangelicalism has four major characteristics. These are conversionism (an emphasis on the new birth), biblicism (an emphasis on the Bible as the supreme religious authority), activism (an emphasis on individual engagement in spreading the gospel), and crucicentrism (an emphasis on ...
The Abbasid Caliph al-Mamun noticed Hunayn's talents and placed him in charge of the House of Wisdom, the Bayt al Hikmah. The House of Wisdom was an institution where Greek works were translated and made available to scholars. [24] (At least one scholar has argued that there is no evidence of Hunayn being placed in charge of the Bayt al Hikmah ...
Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari (Persian: علی ابن سهل ربن طبری آملی; c. 838 – c. 870 CE; also given as 810–855 [1] or 808–864 [2] also 783–858 [3]), was a Persian [4] [5] Muslim scholar, physician and psychologist, who produced one of the first Islamic encyclopedia of medicine titled Firdaws al-Hikmah ("Paradise of Wisdom").
When Haji Shah-Muhammad Manshadi was killed in 1880, Amín became the trustee of the Huqúqu'lláh. Hájí Amín lived a long life, and was Trustee of the Huqúqu'lláh [“Right of God”—a certain Baháʼí fund] during the ministries of Baháʼu'lláh and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá and during part of the ministry of Shoghi Effendi. During his long and ...
Bayt al-hikmah ("chamber of wisdom") may refer to: Bayt al-hikmah, a library begun in Syria by caliph Mu'awiya I Bayt al-Hikmah or the House of Wisdom , a library and translation institute established in Abbasid-era Baghdad, Iraq