Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
calif .
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Examples
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The Holy Qur'an tells us that every human being is a "khalifa" - God's viceroy on Earth.
Kamran Pasha: Why Obama's Speech in Cairo Matters -- and Why it Doesn't 2009
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The word khilafat means succession, and the khalifa is a successor to a prophet of God, whose goal is to complete the tasks of reformation and moral training that the prophet instituted.
Harris Zafar: Demystifying 'Caliphate' Harris Zafar 2011
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The word khilafat means succession, and the khalifa is a successor to a prophet of God, whose goal is to complete the tasks of reformation and moral training that the prophet instituted.
Harris Zafar: Demystifying 'Caliphate' Harris Zafar 2011
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The word khilafat means succession, and the khalifa is a successor to a prophet of God, whose goal is to complete the tasks of reformation and moral training that the prophet instituted.
Harris Zafar: Demystifying 'Caliphate' Harris Zafar 2011
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The word khilafat means succession, and the khalifa is a successor to a prophet of God, whose goal is to complete the tasks of reformation and moral training that the prophet instituted.
Harris Zafar: Demystifying 'Caliphate' Harris Zafar 2011
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The word khilafat means succession, and the khalifa is a successor to a prophet of God, whose goal is to complete the tasks of reformation and moral training that the prophet instituted.
Harris Zafar: Demystifying 'Caliphate' Harris Zafar 2011
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After the demise of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in 1908, a large number of followers gathered and unanimously elected the first khalifa.
Harris Zafar: Demystifying 'Caliphate' Harris Zafar 2011
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After the demise of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in 1908, a large number of followers gathered and unanimously elected the first khalifa.
Harris Zafar: Demystifying 'Caliphate' Harris Zafar 2011
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After the demise of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in 1908, a large number of followers gathered and unanimously elected the first khalifa.
Harris Zafar: Demystifying 'Caliphate' Harris Zafar 2011
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He may have been a bad boy but brilliant nonetheless. khalifa, doha, Qatar
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