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The plague (ta'un)

الطاعون

A torment God sent upon whom He willed and made a mercy for believers: who hears of it in a land does not enter, who is in it does not flee, and who dies of it patient and hoping for reward has a martyr's wage 1 2.

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A torment God sent upon whom He willed and made a mercy for believers: who hears of it in a land does not enter, who is in it does not flee, and who dies of it patient and hoping for reward has a martyr's wage 1 2.

People and things also explored

The 'Adudi Bimaristan· The Mu'ayyadi Bimaristan of Wasit· The wind that destroyed Aad· The questioning and punishment of the grave· Dreams (ahlam)· The prophets' dreams· The hereafter: the grave, resurrection and reckoning· Akrabadhin (the pharmacopoeia, a treatise on compound drugs)

Sources

  1. Sahih al-Bukhari
  2. Sahih Muslim
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