tawbah
(تَوْبَة )
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tawba |
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In Islam, “repentance” from sin. Also "penitence." |
| Long Description: |
In Islam, “repentance” from sin. Also "penitence." It is also the title of Surah 9, taken from verse 104: “Know they not that Allah is He who accepteth repentance from His bondsmen and taketh the alms, and that Allah is He who is Relenting, the Merciful.” |
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Prayer Fashions Man: Frithjof Schuon on the Spiritual Life |
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