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ibn

Noun

Meaning

ibn

(in Arabic names) son of
"Ali ibn Amr": "Ali son of Amr".

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Examples

I never revolted in vain, as a rebel or as a tyrant, but I rose seeking reformation for the nation of my grandfather Muhammad. I intend to enjoin good and forbid evil, to act according to the traditions of my grandfather, and my father ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib. Husayn ibn Ali

Historically the first philosopher to enquire deeply into the nature of corruption in society was Ibn Khaldun (1322-1406), whose wandering life was largely spent in the northern littoral of Africa at a time when kingdoms and sultanates were crumbling. Pierre Stephen Robert Payne

Ibn al-Haytham was the first person ever to set down the rules of science. -S01E05. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Ibn Battutah while in Bengal says that a pretty kaniz (slave girl) could be had there for one gold dinar (or 10 silver tankahs). "I purchased at this price a very beautiful slave girl whose name was Ashura. A friend of mine also bought a young slave named Lulu for two gold coins." Ibn Battuta

Abraham ibn Ezra, that restless, versatile Spaniard who wrote on almost every subject which could interest the medieval mind. Cecil Roth

In the past some of the most influential Jewish, Christian and Muslim theologians, such as Maimonides, Aquinas and Ibn Sina, made it clear that it was very difficult to speak about God, because when we confront the ultimate, we are at the end of what words or thoughts can do. Karen Armstrong

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