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Ghamarat

, plural of ghamrah, "abyss". A word used to express the agonies of death. It occurs in the Qur’an, Surah vi 93: "But couldst thou see when the ungodly are in the floods of death (ghamaratu ‘l-maut), and the angels reach forth their hands, saying, ‘Yield up your souls: - this day shall ye be recompensed with a humiliating punishment. ‘"

citations: Dictionary of Islam, Hughes

 

article created 2006-04-12 , last updated 2006-04-12





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