Masāʾil ʿAbdallāh Ibn Salām
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Masāʾil ʿAbdallāh Ibn Salām
The ''Masāʾil ʿAbdallāh ibn Salām'' ('Questions of ʿAbdallāh ibn Salām'), also known as the ''Book of One Thousand Questions'' among other titles, is an Arabic treatise on Islam in the form of Muḥammad's answers to questions posed by the Jewish inquirer ʿAbdallāh ibn Salām. The work is considered apocryphal, with neither the questions nor the answers attributable to the named protagonists. Originally composed in the tenth century and widely translated, the ''Masāʾil'' is today regarded as a piece of world literature. A Latin version appeared in the twelfth century and a New Persian, Persian one by the sixteenth. From Latin it was translated into Dutch language, Dutch, French language, French, German language, German, Italian language, Italian and Portuguese language, Portuguese; from Persian into Urdu, Malay language, Malay and Tamil language, Tamil. From the Arabic, translations were also made into Buginese language, Buginese, Javanese language, Javanese, Sundanese ...
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An arsenal is a place where weapon, arms and ammunition are made, maintenance, repair, and operations, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether Private property, privately or state-owned, publicly owned. Arsenal and armoury (British English) or armory (American English) are mostly regarded as synonyms, although subtle differences in usage exist. A sub-armory is a place of temporary storage or carrying of weapons and ammunition, such as any temporary post or patrol vehicle that is only operational in certain times of the day. Etymology The term in English entered the language in the 16th century as a loanword from , itself deriving from the term , which in turn is thought to be a corruption of , , meaning "manufacturing shop". Types A lower-class arsenal, which can furnish the materiel and equipment of a small army, may contain a laboratory, gun and carriage factories, small-arms ammunition, small-arms, harness, saddlery tent and powder facto ...
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