Nifaq

Posted on 06/28/2012 by marina

NIFAQ. نفاق
Hypocrasy, or professing with the lips to believe and hiding infidelity in one’s heart, (Kitabu t-Ta’rifat. In loco.)

Based on Hughes, Dictionary of Islam

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