Ahl Al-Bayt __socratesPageHistoryEdit Visual Text Ahl Al-Bayt أهل البيت. "The people of the house." A term used in the Qur'an at several points throughout. Earlier on it references the household of Abraham, and later is used as a reference to Muhammad's household. In Surah 33:Verse 33, which says, "God simply wishes to take the <a href="http://referenceworks.brillonline.com.proxy.lib.umich.edu/entries/encyclopaedia-of-the-quran/pollution-DUM_00453">pollution</a> from you, O people of the house and to purify you thoroughly" Some scholars argue that the "people of the house" is used to represent the entire Islamic community. Based on <a href="https://www.juancole.com/library/dictionary-of-islam-hughes">Hughes, Dictionary of Islam</a>, <a href="http://referenceworks.brillonline.com.proxy.lib.umich.edu/entries//people-of-the-house-SIM_00323">Encyclopaedia of the Quran</a> CancelTweetShareRedditEmail
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