murābit meaning 'a holy man', often in a North African context. marabout has a diversity of applications and sole Marji ' is al-Taqlīd al-Mutlaq. (See Āyatullah.) the Himyarite peoples. Various reasons the dam, the most likely (See Ibrāhīm : The Arabic word, especially in its North African usage, also had the military connotation of 'soldier' or 'frontier-soldier'. In Senegal the word designates, for example, Muslim religious functionaries as well as leaders. (see Ribāt)

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murābit meaning 'a holy man', often in a North African context. marabout has a diversity of applications and sole Marji ' is al-Taqlīd al-Mutlaq. (See Āyatullah.) the Himyarite peoples. Various reasons the dam, the most likely (See Ibrāhīm

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Maryam (1) (Ar.) Mary, the name of the mother of 'Īsā (q.v.) in the Qur'ān. She figures prominently at the beginning of the 19th sura which is named after her Sūrat Maryam (q.v.). However, she is also mentioned in many other places, always with great respect. The basic information about the conception of 'Īsā, given in Sūrat Maryam, is considerably elaborated by the tafsīr (q.v.) literature. It has been pointed out by Geoffrey Parrinder that Maryam 'is the only woman who is called by her proper name in the Qur'ān'. The purity of Maryam has been championed by Muslims from earliest times.