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Definition of Sunna
1. Noun. (Islam) the way of life prescribed as normative for Muslims on the basis of the teachings and practices of Muhammad and interpretations of the Koran.
Generic synonyms: Path, Way, Way Of Life
Category relationships: Islam, Islamism, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism
Definition of Sunna
1. n. A collection of traditions received by the orthodox Mohammedans as of equal authority with the Koran.
Definition of Sunna
1. Noun. Muhammad's way of life, especially when viewed as a model for Muslim; recorded in the hadiths ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sunna
1. the body of traditional Muslim law [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sunna
Literary usage of Sunna
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1838)
"The image of sunna was a half-naked woman, standing upon a column, with rays
round her head. Before her breast she held a radiant wheel with out-stretched ..."
2. Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880) Edinburgh and (1881)
"sunna (Arab, custom, legal usage), originally denotes among Moslems the sayings
and the ... The sunna not only comprises religious doctrines und practice, ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"The orthodox Mohammedans who receive the sunna call themselves Sunnites, in
distinction from ... sunna, sunnah (sun'ii). ». [< Ar. sumía, sunna t (> Pers. ..."
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