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Dunyā (دُنْيا) is originally an Arabic word that was passed to many other languages such as Persian, Dari, Pashto, Bengali, Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi, Kurdish, Nepali, Turkish, Arumanian, North-Caucasian languages, Malay, Swahili, and Indonesian as well as modern Greek. It means the temporal world—and its earthly concerns and possessions—as opposed to the eternal spiritual realm, or the hereafter ( ʾākhirah). Dunyā most literally means 'closest' or 'lowest'. In the Qur'an, dunyā and ākhira represent oppositions in temporal, spatial and moral dimensions: now and later, below and above, evil and good, respectively. Two Qur'anic ayat (verses) illustrating these points are:
- "Ordain for us the good in this world [al-dunyā] and in the hereafter [al-ākhira]." ( Surah Al A'râf 7:156)
- "You are my friend in this world [al-dunyā] and the next [al-ākhira]." ( Surah Yusuf 12:101)
Muslims are encouraged in the Qur'an 47:24 to ponder the verses of the Qur'an itself, and to do their best to not get too attached to this temporal existence and its trappings. In Islam, dunyā is a test; success and failure lead to paradise and hell respectively Quran 57:20.
Dünya (literally World) is a Turkish newspaper founded in 1981 by Nezih Demirkent, who was also its editor-in-chief in his lifetime. The newspaper covers mainly business news and has a circulation of around 55,000.
Dunya is the debut studio album by English Nasheed singer Nazeel Azami, released on 1 September 2006 by Awakening Records.
Dunya is the Arabic word for the world. Ad-Dunya is an Arabic word literally meaning 'the nearer' or 'the lower' referring to "this world" in Islamic thought. Variants including Dunia, Donya, etc.
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