• Ash-Shams (Arabic: الشمس, "The Sun") is the 91st surah of the Qur'an, with 15 ayat or verses. It opens with a series of solemn oaths sworn on various...
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    Syria (region) (redirect from Ash-Shām)
    Syria or Sham (Arabic: ٱلشَّام, romanized: Ash-Shām) is a historical region located east of the Mediterranean Sea in West Asia, broadly synonymous with...
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    Bilad al-Sham (Arabic: بِلَاد الشَّام, romanized: Bilād al-Shām), often referred to as Islamic Syria or simply Syria in English-language sources, was a...
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    Ahmad bin Yahya Hamidaddin (Arabic: أحمد بن يحيى حميد الدين; June 18, 1891 – September 19, 1962) was the penultimate king of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom...
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    after the bombing Abu Jaber was announced as replacement leader. Ahrar ash-Sham received condolences from the al-Qaeda organization Nusra. Ahrar received...
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    Al Shamal (Arabic: ٱلشَّمَال, romanized: Ash Shamāl) is a municipality in the state of Qatar. Its seat is called Madinat ash Shamal and it is considered...
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    Jabal Shams or Jebel Shams (Arabic: جَبَل شَمْس, lit. 'Mountain of Sun') is a mountain located in northeastern Oman north of the town of Al-Hamra. It is...
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    Madinat ash Shamal (Arabic: الشمال) is the capital city of the municipality of Al Shamal in Qatar. Located more than 100 kilometres (62 mi) north of Qatar's...
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    August 2014, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh, condemned ISIL and al-Qaeda saying, "Extremist and militant ideas...
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  • Al-Shamal Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الشمال الرياضي) is a Qatari multi-sports club based in Madinat ash Shamal. Al-Shamal was founded in 1980. Its football...
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    Syrian Civil War. The alliance contains two groups: Harakat Sham al-Islam and Harakat Fajr ash-Sham al-Islamiya; it had declared that was not affiliated with...
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    The Syrian Desert (Arabic: بادية الشام Bādiyat Ash-Shām), also known as the North Arabian Desert, the Jordanian steppe, or the Badiya, is a region of desert...
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  • or Ash Shamaliyah Northern Governorate, Bahrain, or Ash Shamaliyah Northern Region, Bahrain North Governorate, Lebanon, or Ash Shamal Al Shamal, a municipality...
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  • النور) led by Abdullah Shraidi.[citation needed] On March 19, 2005 Jund Ash Sham killed one British teacher outside of Doha Players theater in Doha in Qater...
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    These names come from the fact that the word for 'the Sun', al-shams, pronounced ash-shams, assimilates the lām, while the word for 'the Moon', al-qamar...
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  • Al-Shams is the Arabic word for "the sun" (الشمس) and may refer to: Ash-Shams, the 91st Sura of the Quran Shamash, the Semitic Sun god Ain Shams University...
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  • Bangladesh's independence. Al-Shams is an Arabic word meaning 'The Sun' and also the name of a Surah in the Quran, Surat Ash-Shams. Al Shams and Al-Badr were local...
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  • Egypt Ash-Shams, the 91st surah of the Quran Shams, a kind of decorative pillow The Shams, an all-female folk pop trio from New York Association Shams, a...
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  • Falaj ash Sham is a small village in Muscat, in northeastern Oman. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. GeoNames database entry. (search Archived 2019-09-08...
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    romanized: Mekhoz HaTzafon; Arabic: منطقة الشمال, romanized: Minṭaqat ash-Shamāl) is one of Israel's six administrative districts. The Northern District...
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  • Ash-Shams (Arabic: الشمس, 'The Sun') was an Arabic-language Jewish weekly newspaper in Egypt. The paper was established in 1934. The editor of ash-Shams...
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  • (Arabic: ٱلْأَرْض, The Earth) Nujūm (Arabic: نُجُوْم, Stars) Ash-Shams (Arabic: ٱلشَّمْس, The Sun) Ash-Shiʿrā (Arabic: ٱلشِّعْرَى, Sirius) Māʾ (Arabic: مَاء...
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  • Haddat ash Sham is a village in Makkah Province, in western Saudi Arabia. List of cities and towns in Saudi Arabia Regions of Saudi Arabia National...
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    الشام في ساحات الجهاد, romanized: Jabhat an-Nuṣrah li-ahli ash-Shām min Mujahideen ash-Shām fi Sahat al-Jihad). The al-Nusra Front is estimated to be primarily...
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    separate groups on 22 November 2013. Its three largest components were Ahrar ash-Sham, the al-Tawhid Brigade and Jaysh al-Islam. The alliance was achieved by...
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    The Elphinstone Inlet, or Khor ash Sham (Arabic: خور الشم), is a inlet in the Musandam Peninsula of Oman. It was named for the-then Governor of Bombay...
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  • January 2017. In March 2015, the Suqour al-Sham Brigades merged with Ahrar ash-Sham, but left Ahrar al-Sham in September 2016. Also, in September 2016...
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    Al-Balad ٱلْبَلَد al-Balad The city, The Land 20 (1/2) Makkah 35 11 v. 1 91 Ash-Shams ٱلشَّمْس aš-Šams The Sun 15 (1/2) Makkah 26 16 v. 1 92 Al-Layl ٱللَّيْل...
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  • Battalions (joined Ahrar al-Sham) Jaysh al-Ahrar Harakat Fajr ash-Sham al-Islamiya (became Ansar al-Din Front - Harakat Fajr ash-Sham al-Islamiya) al-Murabitin...
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  • Ad-Dhuha (93). It is similar in subject matter to the chapter preceding it, Ash-Shams (91). The mufassirūn (Quranic commentators) note a similarity that in...
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