Definitions

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  • noun historical antagonism towards early Muslims
  • noun any threat to the health of an Islamic state

Etymologies

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Arabic

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Examples

  • The word fitnah that we commonly understand as meaning "trial" or "tribulation" had a meaning to the Arabs before the dawn of Islam.

    MuslimMatters.org 2009

  • Mujahid and others said that the word fitnah here means disbelief, meaning, "your disbelief is worse than our killing them."

    The Two Malcontents 2009

  • The word fitnah that we commonly understand as meaning "trial" or "tribulation" had a meaning to the Arabs before the dawn of Islam.

    MuslimMatters.org 2009

  • The word fitnah that we commonly understand as meaning "trial" or "tribulation" had a meaning to the Arabs before the dawn of Islam.

    MuslimMatters.org 2009

  • Tetapi Silbi dan Subhat menabur fitnah akan asal usul Iriam.

    Sensasi Selebriti | Berita Hiburan, Gossip Artis, Gambar Selebriti Terbaru, Filem, Muzik, Video & Teater 2010

  • Fitnah was in beauty a very "fitnah," [FN#137] a mere seduction, demanded her in marriage of Ghanim who replied, "She is thy handmaid as I am thy slave."

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • They have all the resources to spread 'fitnah' (slander), propaganda and confusion.

    Brudirect News1 Malaysiakini.Com 2010

  • They have all the resources to spread 'fitnah' (slander), propaganda and confusion.

    Brudirect News1 2010

  • They have all the resources to spread 'fitnah' (slander), propaganda and confusion.

    Brudirect News1 2010

  • They have all the resources to spread 'fitnah' (slander), propaganda and confusion.

    Brudirect News1 Malaysiakini.Com 2010

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  • n. antagonism towards early Muslims

    n. any threat to the health of an Islamic state

    July 28, 2015