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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • Persian poet whose sensuous rhyming couplets, many of which celebrate love, wine, and nature, are traditionally interpreted allegorically by Sufic Muslims.

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Examples

  • Adding to the absurdity, Rafik's uncle Hafiz, always known as Uncle Hafiz, is a cardboard sheik/mafia don.

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  • Adding to the absurdity, Rafik's uncle Hafiz, always known as Uncle Hafiz, is a cardboard sheik/mafia don.

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  • His suspicions centre solely upon a certain Hafiz Cassimi, son of the Turkish-Egyptian banker of that name.

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  • I cannot think of any other book that is completely memorized around the globe by individuals, called Hafiz, many of whom don't even understand or speak the language.

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  • There's a great Sufi poet called Hafiz, and he had this really tiny, little three-line poem called "The Great Religions."

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  • Book of Job, as a piece of Arabian poetry, like the songs of some man called Hafiz; talked about Johannine Gospels and Pauline Epistles; and, altogether, left us to think that, by something called Ritschlian interpretations, the whole Bible was knocked into a cocked hat.

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  • After paying some taka 18 lakh in this way, Zaman finally called Hafiz to Dhaka to reveal his real identity in February 2004.

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  • Meanwhile, the movie will also be available in Bahasa Malaysia, featuring the voice of Akademi Fantasia 7 winner Mohd Hafiz Mohd Suip (aka Hafiz AF7) as Ben.

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  • Rashid believes that Hendrawan's presence will benefit the back-up and elite back-up players and he is not against the idea of Hafiz and Beng Hong training under the Indonesian.

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  • After a several months, Zaman called Hafiz over the phone again and met him on the third floor of Rapa Plaza in Dhaka some time in January 2002 and they talked business.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2009

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