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Ismah

‘Iṣmah or ‘Isma (Arabic: عِصْمَة; literally, "protection") is the concept of incorruptible innocence, immunity from sin, or moral infallibility in Islamic theology, and which is especially prominent in Shia Islam. In Shia theology, ismah is characteristic of prophets, imams, and angels. When attributed to human beings, ismah means "the ability of…

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Ismah

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Triples316
Avg. degree1.98
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related to References · 209
Ismah → Abdullah, Ahl, Ahmed, Al-Mīzān, Algar, Ali, An, An Introduction, And Muhammad, Annemarie, Ansariyan, Ansariyan Publications, Anwar, Anzar, Aquarian, Arabic, Archived, Atlas, Ayoub, Azim
related to history · 23
Ismah → AH, Ann Lambton, Donaldson, Dwight, Hamid Algar, Imam, Imamah, Imamiyyah, Imams, It, Ja'far Sobhani, Muhammad, Perhaps, Q53, Qur'an, Qur’an, Regarding, Shi, Shi'i, Shi'ites
related to New interpretation among Shi‘ites · 19
Ismah → According, Allah, Dabashi, God, He, If, Imam, Imams, In, Islamic, Khomeini, Khomeini's, Mahdi, Muslims, Nasr Dabashi, Prophets, Ruhollah Khomeini, Shi, Shi'ites
related to Etymology · 17
Ismah → Abidin, According, Al-Abidin, Arabic, Day, Edward Lane, Fourteen Infallibles, He, Imam, Ivanow, Judgment, Miller, Qur'an, Shia's, Wensinck, William, Zayn
related to Concept · 13
Ismah → Allamah Majlesi, An, Din, From, God, God's, Imam, Nasir, Saduq, Shaykh, Shia, Tusi, Twelve Imams
related to Differing views of other sects · 8
Ismah → Concerning, Fatima Zahra, Imāms, Isma, Kafir, Muhammad, Regarding, Sunnis
related to Against · 7
Ismah → God, Kharijites, Muḥammad, Qur’an, Shi, That God, Zaydi Shi
related to Free will · 7
Ismah → Al-Mofid, God, God's, He, Shi, Therefore, Verse
is a · 4
Ismah → divine grace bestowed by God.An infallible, hidden virtue, presence of a quality in man which protects him from error, quality peculiar only to the Twelve Imams

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Ismahis adivine grace bestowed by God.An infallible0.90text
Ismahis apresence of a quality in man which protects him from error0.90text
Ismahis aquality peculiar only to the Twelve Imams0.90text
Ismahis ahidden virtue0.90text
braveryinstance ofVirtues0.80text
chastityinstance ofVirtues0.80text
and generosity are forms of knowledgeinstance ofVirtues0.80text
deeply rooted in the human psycheinstance ofVirtues0.80text
that enable a person to abstain from indulging in extremes of behaviorinstance ofVirtues0.80text
Wilferd Madelunginstance ofThis is in accordance with scholars0.80text
Momeninstance ofThis is in accordance with scholars0.80text
and Kardaninstance ofThis is in accordance with scholars0.80text

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