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    Peninsula of Egypt. It is one of several locations claimed to be the biblical Mount Sinai, the place where, according to the Torah, Bible, and Quran, Moses...
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    The Quran, also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God. It is organized in...
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    Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad (category Egyptian Quran reciters)
    Samad (1927 – 30 November 1988) was an Egyptian Quran reciter and Hafiz and is regarded as one of the best Quran reciters to ever live. He had won three...
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  • The history of the Quran, the holy book of Islam, is the timeline and origin of the written compilations or manuscripts of the Quran, based on historical...
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  • Quranism (Arabic: القرآنية, romanized: al-Qurʾāniyya) is an Islamic movement that holds the belief that the Quran is the only valid source of religious...
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  • Egypt International Holy Quran Competition is an international Quran recitation and telawat competition. This international competition is organized by...
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    is an important Hebrew figure in the Bible's Book of Genesis and in the Quran. He was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's twelfth named...
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  • Virgin Of Islam, 1998, op. cit., p. 36. Quran 61:14 W.F. Albright, Review of Th. Boylan, The hermes of Egypt, in Journal of the Palestine Oriental Society...
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    Muhammad Siddiq Al-Minshawi (category Egyptian Quran reciters)
    original on 18 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020. "Reports on Death of Egyptian Quran Master Denied". iqna.ir. 25 May 2016. Archived from the original on...
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  • achieved with the support by Fuad I of Egypt and the supervision of Azhari scholars. It was regarded as an "official" Quran and was replicated by a number of...
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  • The Quran contains references to more than fifty people and events also found in the Bible. While the stories told in each book are generally comparable...
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    instances of Quran-burning occurred in Sweden, which were named collectively by Swedish media as the Korankrisen ("Quran crisis"; "Quran burning crisis"...
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    Asad in his commentary on Quran "The message of the Qur'an" reports that pharaoh and Haman were the titles of king of Egypt and high priest of Amon of...
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    Mustafa Ismail (category Egyptian Quran reciters)
    Mustafa Ismail (June 17, 1905 – December 26, 1978) was an Egyptian Quran reciter. The quadrumvirate of El Minshawy, Abdul Basit, Mustafa Ismail, and Al-Hussary...
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  • International (USI), an organization which promotes the practice and study of Quranism. Khalifa saw his role as purging the accretions that found their way into...
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    The Quran is divided into Surahs (chapters) and further divided into Ayahs (verses). The translation of the word Ayah is "Sign [of Allah]". For a preliminary...
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  • The Quran contains verses believed by Muslims to be revealed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad at different times and under different circumstances – some...
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    Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary (category Egyptian Quran reciters)
    حُصَرِيّ الهند, lit. 'Hussary of India'). The 26th International Quran Contest hosted by Egypt was named after him in his honour. Al-Hussary's family runs...
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  • The Quran is viewed to be the scriptural foundation of Islam and is believed by Muslims to have been sent down by Allah (God) and revealed to Muhammad...
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    Joseph in Islam (category Hebrew Bible prophets of the Quran)
    mentioned in the Quran and corresponds to Joseph, a person from the Hebrew and Christian Bible who was said to have lived in Egypt before the New Kingdom...
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  • Kamil Yusuf Al-Bahtimi (category Egyptian Quran reciters)
    Kamil Yusuf Al-Bahtimi (1922–1969) was a Qur'an reciter from Egypt who was best known in the 1950s and 1960s. He studied under Muhammad Salamah. Muhammad...
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    messenger of God and is the most frequently mentioned individual in the Quran, with his name being mentioned 136 times and his life being narrated and...
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  • for his translation of the Quran in "The Clear Quran" series. He is a Canadian-Egyptian authority on interpreting the Quran. He was a member of the first...
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  • an Egyptian-American biochemist, began analyzing the separated letters of the Quran (also called Quranic initials or Muqattaʿat), and the Quran to examine...
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    possession of the land of Egypt 107 Why the Quran was revealed in stages 108 ۩ 109 Some Jews and Christians believe on the Quran 110 God and the Merciful...
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  • Yusuf (surah) (redirect from Quran 12)
    يوسف, romanized: Yūsuf, lit. 'Joseph') is the 12th chapter (Surah) of the Quran and has 111 Ayahs (verses). It is preceded by sūrah Hud and followed by...
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    Muhammad Rifat (category Egyptian Quran reciters)
    Rif'at or Rifaat) (May 9, 1882 – May 9, 1950) was the first Quran reciter to read on Egyptian Cairo Radio on May 31, 1934, and his voice and style, as well...
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    Quran desecration is the treatment of the Quran in a way that might be considered insulting. In Islamic law, believers must not damage the Quran and must...
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    According to the Quran, Zaqqoum or Zaqqum (Arabic: زقوم) is a tree that "springs out of the bottom of Hell". It is mentioned in verses 17:60 (as the "cursed...
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    Egypt may be described using the title King (a translation of the Egyptian word nsw) or pharaoh (derived from pr ˤ3). The story of Moses in the Quran...
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