The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1605 page)

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Mun
fiq
n, al-
(Arab.). Term in the
Qur’
n
denoting those who pretended allegiance to Mu
ammad's cause but in bad faith. S
ra 63 is named for them, and there are evidences elsewhere of their ‘hypocrisy’.
Mu
aka Upani
ad
.
One of the eighteen principal
Upani
ads
, considered the most poetical. The name means ‘shaven’, and perhaps reflects the emphasis on the life of
sa
ny
sa
.

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