Amen in Islam (was Re: Going nomail)
From: | Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> |
Date: | Wednesday, April 9, 2008, 12:19 |
On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> wrote:
> Hm. Does Islam use an equivalent of "amen"?
There's the word "Ameen" (آمين). I don't know whether it's entirely equivalent.
See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amen#Amen_in_Islam . (I once had
a Qur'an recited by a singer(?), which included "Ameen" at the end of
Sura 1 Al-Fateha, but it's not part of the written text.)
Cheers,
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Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
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