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  2. Qawwali - Wikipedia

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    Qawl(Arabic: قَوْل) is an "utterance (of the prophet)", Qawwāl is someone who often repeats (sings) a Qaul, Qawwāli is what a Qawwāl sings. Origins. [edit] Delhi's Sufi saint Amir Khusrowof the Chistiorderof Sufisis credited with fusing the Persian, Arabic, Turkish, and Indiantraditions in the late 13th century in India to create ...

  3. Islam and music - Wikipedia

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    ISSN 1825-621X. Since the birth of Islam the permissibility of music and singing has been debated. Not only the lawfulness of the performer but also of the audience was discussed. Advocates and opponents alike traced the legitimacy of their position back to the Quran and the hadiths, the sayings of the Prophet.

  4. Naʽat - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Naʽat ( Urdu: نعت; Bengali: নাত and Punjabi) is poetry in praise of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. The practice is popular in South Asia (India, Pakistan and Bangladesh), commonly in Urdu, Bengali or Punjabi. People who recite Naʽat are known as Naʽat Khawan or sanaʽa-khuaʽan. Exclusive "Praise to Allah" and Allah alone ...

  5. Urdu Daira Maarif Islamiya - Wikipedia

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    Urdu Daira Maarif Islamiya or Urdu Encyclopaedia of Islam ( Urdu: اردو دائرہ معارف اسلامیہ) is the largest Islamic encyclopedia published in Urdu by University of the Punjab. Originally it is a translated, expanded and revised version of Encyclopedia of Islam. Its composition began in the 1950s at University of the Punjab.

  6. Ghazal - Wikipedia

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    The Arabic ghazal inherited the formal verse structure of the qaṣīda, specifically, a strict adherence to meter and the use of the qafiya, a common end rhyme on each couplet (called a bayt in Arabic and a sher in Persian). [4] The nature of the ghazals also changed to meet the demands of musical presentation, becoming briefer in length.

  7. Taqiyah (cap) - Wikipedia

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    Taqiyah is the Arabic word for a Muslim skullcap. In the Indian subcontinent, it is called a topi ( Hindi: टोपी, Urdu: ٹوپی, Bengali: টুপি) which means hat or cap in general. In Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh, men usually wear the topi with kurta and paijama.

  8. Islamic music - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Islamic music may refer to religious music, as performed in Islamic public services or private devotions, or more generally to musical traditions of the Muslim world. The heartland of Islam is the Middle East, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, Balkans, and West Africa, Iran, Central Asia, and South Asia.

  9. Nasheed - Wikipedia

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    A Nasheed ( Arabic: نَشِيد, romanized : nashīd, lit. 'chant', plural Arabic: أَنَاشِيد, romanized: anāshīd) is a work of vocal music, partially coincident with hymns, that is either sung a cappella or with instruments, according to a particular style or tradition within Sunni Islam . Nasheeds are popular throughout the Islamic ...