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Glossary of terms used in Islam  
 
 

udum
    (alternate spellings:  adam)
    (Language:   Arabic)
Non-existence, absence, Non-Being, nothingness. (more)
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umma
    (Language:   Arabic)
"Community," or "people." A Qur’ānic term used to refer to the various peoples and nations of the earth. (more)

umq
    (Language:   Arabic)
Depth. (more)
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Unmudhaj al-farid
    (alternate spellings:  Anmudhaj)
    (Language:   Arabic)
The Unique Prototype. (more)
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Unsur al-azam
    (Language:   Arabic)
The Supreme Element. (more)
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urd
    (Language:   Arabic)
Breadth. (more)
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usul al-fiqh
    (Language:   Arabic)
Principles of jurisprudence; the technical science of deriving legal rulings from the Qur’ān and ḥadīth. (more)

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