Mizan

Mizan

Mizan

Term in Islam

For other uses, see Mizan (disambiguation).

MizanMizan (Arabic: ميزان, lit. 'balance') is a concept in the Quran, which has been described as "the principle of the middle path"[1] and "the overarching divine principle for organizing our universe".[2] Azizah Y. al-Hibri argues that Mizan, as the "divine scale", could be transformed into Adl in human realm.[2]

Mizan also refers to the unique rhythmic meter of the musical movements within the Andalusian Nubah genre.

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References

  1. [1]
    Khalid, Fazlun M. (2010), "Islamic Basis for Environmental Protection", in Taylor, Bron (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, Continuum, pp. 879–883, ISBN 9780199754670
  2. [2]
    Hafez, Ziad (July 2017), Taylor, Bron (ed.), "Reviewed Work: The Islamic worldview, Islamic jurisprudence: An American Muslim perspective, Vol. 1 by Azizah Al Hibri", Contemporary Arab Affairs, 10 (3): 443–446, doi:10.1080/17550912.2017.1343929, JSTOR 48599932


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