Naf __socratesPageHistoryEdit Visual Text NAF نعف Blowing as a necromancer when making incantations. (1) it occurs in this sense in the Qur'am, Surah cxiii. 4: "I seek refuge.... from the evil of the blowers upon knots." Referring to those witches who make knots in a string and blow upon them, uttering some incantation. (2) It is also used for the inspirations which Muhammad professed to have received from Gabriel. (Majma'u ‘l-Bihar, p. 376.) Based on <a href="https://www.juancole.com/library/books/encyclopedias/dictionary-of-islam-hughes ">Hughes, Dictionary of Islam</a> CancelTweetShareRedditEmail
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