Category: Issues of Pre-Islamic Era
Tribalism/Fanaticism - عَصَبِيَّةٌ
To defend those you care about whether they are right or wrong, in support of your tribe, group, color, or the like.
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Magic/Sorcery - سحر
Amulets, knots, and talismans that magicians use with the devils to cause harm to someone in his body, mind, will, or the like.
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Divination - عِرافَةٌ
"‘Irāfah": the profession of the fortune-teller, soothsayer, or astrologer who claim to know the unseen and the future.
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Amulets - تميمة
"Tamīmah" (pl. Tamā’im): a string or beads that the Arabs used to hang on their children, claiming that they protect them from the evil eye, as if intending that they are the perfect remedy and the desired cure. It is derived from "tamām", which means: perfection.
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Idols - أصنام
"Asnām" (sing. sanam): a statue that is carved from wood, silver, or brass and is worshiped. It also means an image that is worshiped. Original meaning: wicked and foul.
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Ignorance - جهل بالاعتقاد
"Jahl": ignorance. Opposite: knowledge. Other meanings: foolishness.
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Aversion caused by magic - صَرف
Magic aimed at separating the spouses and causing hatred and dislike between them.
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Exaggeration with the righteous - غلو في الصالحين
Transgressing the limits of the Shariah in dealing with people of religiosity and righteousness by raising them above the status set for them by Allah Almighty and placing them in a rank that suits none but Allah. This is represented in seeking their help in adversities, circumambulating their graves, seeking blessings in the dust in which they are buried, and the like.
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Belief in bad omens - طِيرَةٌ
"Tiyarah": pessimism. It is derived from "tayr", which means: bird, like the crow.
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Pursuit of blessing and abundance - تَيَمُّنٌ
"Tayammun": pursuit of "yumn", which means: blessing and abundance. It also means: starting with the right hand or the right side.
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Divination - كهانة
"Kahānah": the claim to have knowledge of the hidden and concealed matters. It is derived from "takahhun", which means: fabrication, conjecture, speculation, lying.
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Denied intercession - الشَّفاعَةُ الـمَنْفِيَّةُ
Tījāniyyah
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Idols - أنصاب
"Ansāb" (sing. nasb, nusub): idols, anything worshiped apart from Allah Almighty. It is also said to refer to the stones erected around the Ka‘bah to which people used to devote worship and sacrificial animals.
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Divination - اسْتِقْسامٌ
Seeking foreknowledge of one's fate and luck by using divining arrows and the like.
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Monasticism - رَهْبانِيَّةٌ
Extremism in worship, abandoning the worldly life, and refraining from mixing with people.
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Love amulet/charm - تولة
A type of magic that is made to endear the woman to her husband and the man to his wife.
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Star - نجم
Refers to any celestial body.
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Love magic - عطف
A type of magic claimed to endear the husband to his wife and the wife to her husband.
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Featherless arrows - أَزْلامٌ
The arrows that the Arabs used in pre-Islamic times as an augury to predict whether a matter was good or evil in order to make a decision regarding it.
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The Conjunction 'if' - لَوْ
An article that denotes wishing. It indicates that the occurrence of the second clause is conditional upon the occurrence of the first clause.
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A nocturnal bird - هامة
A small nocturnal bird.
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