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Punjabi

البنجابية

Language of the Punjab; the Sufi verse of Bulleh Shah, Waris Shah and Sultan Bahu, written in Shahmukhi (Arabic-derived).

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The language of the Punjab; the language of Sufi poetry of Bulleh Shah, Waris Shah and Sultan Bahu, written in Shahmukhi, an Arabic-based script. 1

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islam.museum contributors. “Punjabi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/language/punjabi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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God teaches Adam the names

Sha'rawi holds that God taught Adam all the names by an inspiration cast into his heart, that language is not heredity or environment but imitation of what one hears, and that every knowledge ends at a first teacher, who is God.