Wikipedia's first sentence called it “arabic word used interchangablely for cruelty or unjust acts of exploitation”. Today it says “called a " zaalim "”.
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Unjust and sinful acts in Islam Ẓulm ( ظلم , Ẓulm ) is the Arabic word used interchangeably for cruelty or unjust acts of exploitation, oppression, and wrongdoing, whereby a person either deprives others of their rights or does not fulfill his obligations towards them. It is used in Urdu and Hindi in the same sense. In Turkish , it is known as zulüm and other cognates of this word are prevalent in several Semitic and Indo-European languages . A person who commits zulm is called a " zaalim ". In the Islamic context injustice or acts of cruelty are attributed to human acts and not to Allah : God does not do injustice to anyone. It is the people who do injustice to themselves .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Zulm is the Arabic word used interchangablely for cruelty or unjust acts of exploitation , oppression, and wrong doing, whereby a person either deprives others of their rights or does not fulfill his obligations towards them. People who commit zulm are called zalim-een . In the Islamic context injustice or acts of cruelty are attributed to human acts and not to Allah : God does not do injustice to anyone. It is the people who do injustice to themselves . 11 : 101
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Zulm is the Arabic word used interchangeably for cruelty or unjust acts of exploitation , oppression, and wrongdoing, whereby a person either deprives others of their rights or does not fulfill his obligations towards them.In Turkish, it is known as zulüm . People who commit zulm are called zalim-een . In the Islamic context injustice or acts of cruelty are attributed to human acts and not to Allah : God does not do injustice to anyone. It is the people who do injustice to themselves . 11 : 101
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Ẓulm is the Arabic word used interchangeably for cruelty or unjust acts of exploitation, oppression, and wrongdoing, whereby a person either deprives others of their rights or does not fulfill his obligations towards them. In Turkish , it is known as zulüm and other cognates of this word are prevalent in several Semtic and Indo-European languages .A person who commits zulm is called a ظالم zaalim . In the Islamic context injustice or acts of cruelty are attributed to human acts and not to Allah : God does not do injustice to anyone. It is the people who do injustice to themselves . 11 : 101
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Unjust and sinful acts in Islam Ẓulm is the Arabic word used interchangeably for cruelty or unjust acts of exploitation, oppression, and wrongdoing, whereby a person either deprives others of their rights or does not fulfill his obligations towards them. In Turkish , it is known as zulüm and other cognates of this word are prevalent in several Semitic and Indo-European languages . A person who commits zulm is called a " zaalim ". In the Islamic context injustice or acts of cruelty are attributed to human acts and not to Allah : God does not do injustice to anyone. It is the people who do injustice to themselves .
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arabic word used interchangablely for cruelty or unjust acts of exploitation
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called a " zaalim "
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