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Alphabetical List of Entries
Aaron (Harun)
Abbasids
Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim
(ca. 497–578)
Abd al-Samad, Abd al-Basit
Muhammad (1927–1988)
Abduh, Muhammad (1849–1905)
Abdullah b. Salam (550–ca. 663–664)
Abjad
Ablution (Wudu)
Abortion/Feticide
Abraham (Ibrahim)
Abrogation
Abu Bakr (573–634)
Abu Hanifa (699–767)
Abu Hurayra (d. 681)
Abu Jahil (554–624)
Abu Lahab (d. 624)
Abu Talib (549–619)
Abu Youssef (731–798)
Adam
Adoption
Adoration
Adultery
Afghani, Jamal al-din
al- (1838/1839–1897)
Afghanistan
Africa
Afterlife
Agnosticism
Ahad Report
Ahl al-Bayt
Ahl al-Hadith
Ahl al-Kitab
Ahl al-Ra’y
Ahl al-Sunna
Ahmad ibn Hanbal (780–855)
Ahmadiyya
Aisha bint Abi Bakr (613/614–678)
Ajir (Reward)
Akhism
Al-Andalus
Alaq
Al-Asma al-Husna (Allah’s Most
Beautiful Names)
Al-Azhar Mosque and University
Al-Husayn b. Ali (626–680)
Ali b. Abi Talib (600–661)
Al-Ism al-Aadham (The Greatest Name
of Allah)
Al-Jahiz (776–ca. 869 CE)
Allah
Alms (Zakat)
al-Nasa’i
Al-Qaeda
Al-Rabb
al-Rahim
al-Rahman
