Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the names of allah”. Today it says “one of the names of god in islam”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Descriptive meaning of the name”.
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Al-Ghafūr in Arabic Al-Ghafūr is one of the Names of God in Islam . It means The Ever-Forgiving or The All-Forgiving . It is part of the 99 Names of God , by which Muslims regard God, and it is described in Qur'ān and Sunnah . ALA-LC romanization of Arabic : الغفور
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Al-Ghafoor in Arabic Al-Ghafoor (Arabic: الغفور) is one of the Names of Allah. It means The Ever-Forgiving, The All-Forgiving . It is part of the 99 Names of God , by which Muslims regard God, and it is described in Qur'ān and Sunnah .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Al-Ghafūr in Arabic Al-Ghafūr ( ALA-LC romanization of ) is one of the Names of Allah. It means The Ever-Forgiving, The All-Forgiving . It is part of the 99 Names of Allah , by which Muslims regard Allah, and it is described in Qur'ān and Sunnah .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the names of allah”. Today it says “one of the names of god in islam”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Descriptive meaning of the name”. Read the current article and compare.
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one of the names of allah
Now
one of the names of god in islam
Sections that no longer exist
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Descriptive meaning of the name
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