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While prophets are a major part of Islamic belief, there are lesser known more ambiguous figures like Al Khidr, The Green Man. Believed to be an immortal miracle worker, he
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Islamic astrology shares a lot of commonalities and influence with European medieval astrology. For example how they interpret the different signs of the zodiac, or dairat al burujA thread on
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Dreams and their interpretation are an important feature of Islam and Middle Eastern culture and folklore. They were part of pre-Islamic near eastern traditions and within Islam it is believed
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In Islamic and Middle Eastern folklore the djinn/jinn live in nations, kingdoms, and tribes with rulers. Some of these rulers become legends all their own.A thread on the djinn queens
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Astrology from the Islamic world influences some modern interpretations of the zodiac. Synthesizing Hellenic, Persian, and Indian knowledge, Muslim astrologers wrote about the character of each sign in dairat al
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the amount of gin and tonic jokes i have to suffer every time I make a djinn thread is inhumane this is my supervillain origin story one gin and tonic
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Jibrai’l is the most renowned angel in Islam, named in the Qur’an and mentioned in several narrations from Muhammad and his companions. One of the four archangels with a large
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During Muhammad’s Night journey, he meets Mikai’l who greets him fondly, but is sorrowful. When Muhammad asks Jibrai’il about Mikai’l, his guide responds that Mikai’l has not smiled since hell
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Belief in angels is one of the 6 articles of faith for Muslims. However, angels in Islam are markedly different from angels in Christianity as they don’t have a specific
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Mikai’l is one of two angels in Islam familiar to Jews and Christians. But the Islamic angel is notably different from the Biblical Michael. A thread on Mikai’l one of
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Like Judaism and Christianity, we find archangels in Islam. While only a few angels are explicitly named in the Qur’an, some appear in other sources and in the later writings
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An interesting note, family legends of djinn ancestry describes the ancestor as still living and deeply protective—watching over their human descendants, gifting them with unnatural luck, and occasionally meddling.https://twitter.com/aaolomi/status/1
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