surah

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  1. noun A soft twilled fabric of silk or of a blend of silk and rayon.

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  • I just try to recall all i had read about that surah as the verses flash by; it keeps your mind occupied and frankly, at the end of the taraweeh, i am more exhausted then when actually praying … but i find this very enjoyable because this exercise helps alert me to gaps appearing in my knowledge of tafseer. —  iMuslim (Wordpress.com)
  • But don't be fooled into thinking that this pattern exists only in this noble and grand surah, for indeed it is found throughout the Qur'an: the People of the Book (Jews and Christians) and the pagans will abide forever in the Fire of Hell. —  MuslimMatters.org
  • The 47th surah is as warped as the man it was named after '"Muhammad." —  NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias
  • Firman Allah s.w.t. dalam surah Al-Hujurat ayat 6, penyebaran perkhabaran dan maklumat yang tidak sahih lagi meragukan menyebabkan berlakunya pertimbangan yang tidak adil, lantaran mengundang kepada musibah fitnah yang melanda masyarakat. —  Philosophy Politics Economics
  • "Neither backbite one another." (surah al hujaraat: 12) —  WordPress.com News
 

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  1. French surat, after Surat .

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  1. Also surah silk: supposed to be so called from Surat in India, a place noted for its silks.
 

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