the Sayyidnā 'I-Husayn (al-Khulafā' al-Rāshidūn) who led the Islamic 'Alī b. (Rasūl Allāh). His absolute humanity is stressed in the Qur'ān in Rasūl and it is stressed in the same verse that {See v. 144 of Sūrat Āl {See also Nabī.) ruwāt] Story-teller, transmitter of hadīth (q.v.) ra 'y has the may be compared with : Mosque in Cairo (q.v.). The mosques in Ramadan are also full of worshippers performing extra prayers. The month concludes with one of the great feast days of the Muslim calendar, 'Īd al-Fitr (q.v.). (See Calendar; al-Husayn b. 'Alī; Iftār; Laylat al- Qadr; Sah ūr; Tarāwh.) Tālib (q.v.). The Arabic title Rāshidūn meaning 'rightly guided' constitutes a deliberate contrast with the more secular rulers of the succeeding dynasties of the Umayyads (q.v.) and 'Abbāsids (q.v.). (See Khalīfa.) Rasūl (Ar.) [pl. rusul] Messenger, envoy, apostle. Muham­

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the Sayyidnā 'I-Husayn (al-Khulafā' al-Rāshidūn) who led the Islamic 'Alī b. (Rasūl Allāh). His absolute humanity is stressed in the Qur'ān in Rasūl and it is stressed in the same verse that {See v. 144 of Sūrat Āl {See also Nabī.) ruwāt] Story-teller, transmitter of hadīth (q.v.) ra 'y has the may be compared with

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Mosque in Cairo (q.v.). The mosques in Ramadan are also full of worshippers performing extra prayers. The month concludes with one of the great feast days of the Muslim calendar, 'Īd al-Fitr (q.v.). (See Calendar; al-Husayn b. 'Alī; Iftār; Laylat al- Qadr; Sah ūr; Tarāwh.) Tālib (q.v.). The Arabic title Rāshidūn meaning 'rightly guided' constitutes a deliberate contrast with the more secular rulers of the succeeding dynasties of the Umayyads (q.v.) and 'Abbāsids (q.v.). (See Khalīfa.) Rasūl (Ar.) [pl. rusul] Messenger, envoy, apostle. Muham

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Rāshidn