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Ath jamEncyclopedia Topic

8 pahors, ie 24 hours

Various Sources ATH LAKH TCHOSaT HaJARNoun

Huit cent soixante-quatre mille (864 000) années du Tréta* Joug.

Heritage Dictionary of Ismailism, entry #1020general AthamiyaEncyclopedia Topic

Set, came to an end

Various Sources AthamiyoEncyclopedia Topic

(The sun) set

Various Sources Athar vedEncyclopedia Topic

Last scripture, Qur'an

Various Sources AthotersoEncyclopedia Topic

Seven thousand eight hundred (7800)

Various Sources AtiEncyclopedia Topic

Many, much, very

Various Sources Ati ghanaEncyclopedia Topic

Too much

Various Sources Ati ghaniyunEncyclopedia Topic

Many, much, too much, too many, numerous

Various Sources Ati ghanoEncyclopedia Topic

Too much

Various Sources AtitEncyclopedia Topic

Ancient, past, primordial

Various Sources AtmaEncyclopedia Topic

Soul, spirit

Various Sources AturEncyclopedia Topic

Restless, disturbed, anxious, agitated, perturbed

Various Sources Auction in IslamEncyclopedia Topic

The public crier was a well-known institution among the Arabs. Among the tribes and in the towns, criers made important proclamations, invitations or announcements to general assemblies. "This crier" according to Sirat al-Halabia (2:170), "was called munadi or mu'adhdhin." Thus, official proclamations were regularly made mu'adhdhin in the time of the Prophet (Tabari, 3:2131).

According to Al-Kanz (3:126), Abdul Rahman bin Ka'b narrates that Ma'adh bin Jabal was a young and bounteous person. He would borrow money to help others. Eventually his loans exceeded the value of his properties. Hence he went to the Prophet and requested to get some concessions from his creditors for him. But the creditors refused any reduction in the amount of loan. Thus, the Prophet auctiond his properties in the mosque to settle his accounts. Once Abdur Rahman bin Awf gave away his garden in donation for the wives of the Prophet, which was auctioned for four thousand dinars.

Shibli Nomans writes in Sirat-i Nabi (2:273) that once an Ansar came asking for some relief. The Prophet asked him if he had nothing with him. The man replied that he owned nothing except a bowl for drinking water and one bed-sheet. He was told to fetch both the things, and then the Prophet auctioned them, asking the people to bid for them. One offered one dhiram. "Is there any other bid?" repeated the Prophet thrice. The next man bid two dhirams. "Go," said the Prophet to the Ansari, handing over the money to him, "Buy some food for one dhiram and leave it at your house, then get a rope with the second dhiram, gather wood in the jungle, and sell it in the city."

Zarkani writes that a wooden cot was presented y As’ad bin Zarah, which the Prophet used to sleep on it. After Prophet’s death, his body was placed on that cot, and then the people in Medina used it as a bier at funerals. In Umayyad period, the four legs – the only remains of the cot were auctioned and Abdullah bin Ishaq bought it in four thousand dinars. William Muir summed up the tradition in The Life of Mohammad (London, 1923, p. 201) in these words: “The cot is said to have been a gift from As’ad. After the Prophet’s death it was used as a bier at funerals, and was eventually sold (auctioned) for a great price.”

Waqidi writes in Kitab al-Maghazi (Berlin, 1882, p. 275), “When the booty was more varied at Khaibar, as after Hunain, it was divided into lots regarded as equal in value. Each man received a particular object or objects, but there were usually dealers about, and the Prophet had no difficulty in exchanging the goods for cash, at Khaibar the booty was auctioned to the compaigners and dealers.”

Thabit reports that Anas bin Malik had a wooden bowl, on which was an iron band. He served honey, milk or water in this bowl to the Prophet. Later, Nazr bin Anas sold the bowl in an auction for eight thousand dhirams. Imam Bukhari is said to have drunk water from this bowl in Basra.

The Ismaili housewife sets apart a portion of cooking and sends it for nandi. Cooked food, raw food, vegetables, fruits, beverages, cloth, furniture, etc. are thus auctioned and turned into cash, which is ultimately spent for charitable purpose according to the instructions of the Imam. Nandi is not meant for the poor, it is a nazrana for the Imam as a token of love.

Encyclopaedia of Ismailism by Mumtaz Ali Tajddingeneral Audio-Visual Aids in the teaching of HistoryEncyclopedia Topic

Keeping in view the dearth of trained teachers and considering the quality of text-books, it seems all very necessary that we should resort to the modern method o teaching history. The benefits of taking into account all the audio-visual aids are the following:- (a) The modern visual and auditory aids make the methodology easy and more meaningful. (b) History being a record of the dead past, the reviving of which could only be enacted only by appealing through visual or auditory aids. (c) The students feel attracted to the lesson and thus not only learn better but also remember the lesson better. (d) The use of such aids creates activity, action and fun, which is psychologically conductive to the process of learning and biologically dear and near to the students. (e) It provides purposeful and meaningful experiences, and save the lengthy talks and round about methods. (f) These aids provide a chance to be the active participants of the lesson in hand and cut at the very root of passivity.

The different kinds of audio-visual aids in this connection, which may be named, here as :- (1) Historical monuments, building, bridges and pillars. (2) Coins and postage stamps. (3) Statues, models, sculpture. (4) Exhibits, charts, pictures, diagrams, sketches and posters. (5) Old historical dresses, costumes and parchments. (6) Films, gramophone records and slides and tape-recorded lessons. (7) Dramatization and historical pageants. (8) Field trips, excursions to historical places, and (9) Time-lines, time-charts, graphs with dates and decades.

Encyclopaedia of Ismailism by Mumtaz Ali Tajddingeneral AUZO BILLAH [ see TAUZ ]Encyclopedia TopicEncyclopaedia of Ismailism by Mumtaz Ali Tajddingeneral AvaEncyclopedia Topic

Like this

Various Sources AvachakEncyclopedia Topic

Dumb, mute

Various Sources AvadatEncyclopedia Topic

Difficulty, despair, misery

Various Sources AvadhEncyclopedia Topic

Unbreakable, very expensive

Various Sources AvagamanEncyclopedia Topic

Coming and going transmigration of soul, cycle of reincarnation, Cycle of birth and death, cycle of rebirth

Various Sources AvajEncyclopedia Topic

Voice, call, noise

Various Sources Avaj huaEncyclopedia Topic

Heard the noise, signs appeared, music started

Various Sources AvanEncyclopedia Topic

To come

Various Sources AvanaEncyclopedia Topic

Will come, to come

Various Sources AvaniyaEncyclopedia Topic

Will come

Various Sources AvankaraEncyclopedia Topic

Will come

Various Sources AvantaEncyclopedia Topic

While coming

Various Sources AvarEncyclopedia Topic

Anyone else, other, another

Various Sources AvardaEncyclopedia Topic

Life, age, lifespan

Various Sources AvardhaEncyclopedia Topic

Life, age, lifespan

Various Sources AvasEncyclopedia Topic

Mansions, palaces, houses, buildings, abode

Various Sources AvatEncyclopedia Topic

Arrival, coming

Various Sources AveEncyclopedia Topic

Arriving

Various Sources AvengoEncyclopedia Topic

Will come

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(520/1126-595/1198). Accomplished Ismaili philosopher, born in Cordoba, Spain. Wrote about Aristotle. Had controversy withGazali (Tahaf

(520/1126-595/1198) Célèbre philosophe ismaélien né à Cordoue. Commenta Aristote. Controverse avec Gazali (Tahaf

Heritage Dictionary of ismailism, entry #174general AvghadEncyclopedia Topic

Difficult, (road) with potholes

Various Sources AvgunEncyclopedia Topic

Faults, evils, vices, weaknesses, bad behaviour, bad treatment, shortcomings, bad deeds

Various Sources AviEncyclopedia Topic

Having come

Various Sources Avi mileEncyclopedia Topic

To come and meet

Various Sources AvichalEncyclopedia Topic

Eternal, forever, permanent, infinite

Various Sources AvichariEncyclopedia Topic

Thoughtless, one who does not think, ignorant, stupid, unthinking, evil

Various Sources AvidhiyaEncyclopedia Topic

Ignorance

Various Sources AvinashEncyclopedia Topic

Imperishable

Various Sources AvineEncyclopedia Topic

Having come

Various Sources AviyaEncyclopedia Topic

Came

Various Sources AviyoEncyclopedia Topic

Came

Various Sources AvjoEncyclopedia Topic

Come

Various Sources AvnaEncyclopedia Topic

Arrive, come

Various Sources AvraEncyclopedia Topic

Others, aliens

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