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* Ordain for us the good in this world [''al-dunyá''] and in the hereafter [''al-ākhira'']. ([[Sura]] 7:156) |
* Ordain for us the good in this world [''al-dunyá''] and in the hereafter [''al-ākhira'']. ([[Sura]] 7:156) |
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* You are my Friend in this world [''al-dunyá''] and the next [''al-ākhira'']. (S 12:101) |
* You are my Friend in this world [''al-dunyá''] and the next [''al-ākhira'']. (S 12:101) |
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== Dunya in popular culture == |
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Dunya is sometimes used as a female [[given name]]. |
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== Notes and references == |
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== Bibliography == |
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== External links == |
== External links == |
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* [http://www.youngmuslims.ca/online_library/books/truth_of_this_world/truth06.html Religious discussion of Dunya] |
* [http://www.youngmuslims.ca/online_library/books/truth_of_this_world/truth06.html Religious discussion of Dunya] |
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* [http://www.islamicdesignhouse.com/app/product/688/ Dunya Hoody] |
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[[Category:Arabic words and phrases]] |
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Revision as of 00:45, 29 May 2009
Dunyá (دُنْيا) is an Arabic word that means, in Islamic terminology, the temporal world—and its earthly concerns and possessions—as opposed to the eternal spiritual realm, or the hereafter (ākhira). Dunyá literally means 'closer' or 'lower'. In the Qur'an, dunyá and ākhira represent oppositions in temporal, spatial and moral dimensions: now and later, below and above, evil and good, respectively.
- Ordain for us the good in this world [al-dunyá] and in the hereafter [al-ākhira]. (Sura 7:156)
- You are my Friend in this world [al-dunyá] and the next [al-ākhira]. (S 12:101)
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