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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An aya.
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Examples
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Following are a small number of ayat from the Qur'an to give a flavor for the topic:
Is Life Choice or Chance? JDsg 2007
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The Quran is an extraordinary powerful text divided into 114 surah, chapters of unequal length that contain 6,236 verses, each called an 'ayat', literally meaning signs.
Indian Muslims Sadia Dehlvi 2010
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After this, pray any Surat or three ayats or one ayat which is equivalent to three small ayats.
Bloggers.Pakistan 2008
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The ayat you quote from about People of the Book being "saved" needs to be balanced with other passages which clearly state that they are not "saved" e.g.
Muslims, Baptists and Sabeans in Sunday School James F. McGrath 2009
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Reynald de Chatilion, I'm muslim and I have read the quran numerous times and I would like to ask you to quote the sura and ayat you are referencing that says Jesus was a apostate and claimed to be the son of God in the quran.
Rudy Surrogate: "I Don't Subscribe To The Principle That There Are Good Muslims And Bad Muslims" 2009
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Reynald de Chatilion, I'm muslim and I have read the quran numerous times and I would like to ask you to quote the sura and ayat you are referencing that says Jesus was a apostate and claimed to be the son of God in the quran.
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Sura 24 ayat 31 is talking about the near nakedness of the pagan Arabs of the seventh century and nothing else.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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I also would like to know the sura and ayat in the Quran you guys are referencing.
Rudy Surrogate: "I Don't Subscribe To The Principle That There Are Good Muslims And Bad Muslims" 2009
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I also would like to know the sura and ayat in the Quran you guys are referencing.
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In reference to taqiyyah, it is a shite ideology which is justified by misquoting an ayat of the Quran in which a Muslim is allowed to lie only to save their own or someone elses life.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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