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Badr

American  
[bad-er] / ˈbæd ər /

noun

  1. Islam. Battle of, a decisive battle in the early days of Islam (a.d. 624), in which Muhammad with about 300 men overcame a force of about 1000 Meccans.


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Tawqa, 13, is a quiet, reserved student who also studies at the Shaikh Abdul Qadr Jilani madrassa.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2025

“I write to get my feelings and my thoughts and my rage out, because I know I’m not the only one feeling it,” the singer and guitar player Laylatul Qadr says.

From The Guardian • Aug. 15, 2019

In a rare admission of weakness, Abdul Qadr al-Najdi, the Islamic State leader in Libya, said last month that the group had found it hard to replicate its conquest of Sirte.

From Reuters • Apr. 13, 2016

Iranian television showed video of a pair of the golden-hued Qadr H missiles kicking up dust after being launched from barren terrain described as the Alborz Mountains.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2016

The same is the case with the word "Qadr" in XXXIII, 38, as well as in XV, 60, and LXXIII, 20, which means God's prescience and not a predestinated decree.

From A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885 by Cherágh Ali

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