Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural The followers of Abrahamic religions, especially Jews and Christians, considered in Islamic theology and jurisprudence to practice monotheism, to share certain fundamental beliefs with Islam about life after death and the Day of Judgment, and to possess a revelation from God in a book. The People of the Book are usually entitled to the status of dhimmis in Muslim lands, and the term has at times been extended to include followers of non-Abrahamic religions, such as Zoroastrians and Sikhs.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Y: Not all of them are alike: Of the People of the Book are a portion that stand (For the right): They rehearse the Signs of Allah all night long, and they prostrate themselves in adoration.
Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Abdullah Yusuf Ali 1902
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Books are my only friends: This is for the People of the Book skip to main
This is for the People of the Book Tripp 2009
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This attitude towards the People of the Book developed during the years of the birth of Islam.
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This attitude towards the People of the Book developed during the years of the birth of Islam.
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How has the People of the Book, which has always been so proud of an education more extensive than other nations, become the People of One Book, in which ignorance and illiteracy prevails in so many fields necessary for dignified existence in the modern world?
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For the People of the Book, this may be a very big problem.
unknown title 2009
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How did the library of the People of the Book become the library of half the People of the Book?
Tablet Magazine 2008
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How did the library of the People of the Book become the library of half the People of the Book?
Tablet Magazine 2008
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(2: 256) It calls for the free marketplace of ideas, especially when dealing with Christians and Jews (People of the Book): "And do not argue with the People of the Book unless it be in a way that is better, save with such of them as do wrong.
Salam Al Marayati: Hate Speech Can Be Countered With Truth, Leadership 2010
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People of the Book may arrive at certainty, and the Believers may increase in Faith, - and that no doubts may be left for the People of the Book and the Believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the Unbelievers may say, "What symbol doth Allah intend by this?"
Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Abdullah Yusuf Ali 1902
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