Ad-Dahr

Posted on 03/24/2012 by marina

AD-DAHR الدهر
“A long space of time.” A title given to the LXXVIth Chapter of the Qur’an; called also Silratu ‘Insan, “The chapter of Man.” The title is taken from the first verse of the chapter: “Did not there pass over man a long space of time?”

Based on Hughes, Dictionary of Islam

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