Definition of Jiad
{Ji*had", Je*had"} (?), n. [Ar.
jihād.] (Moham.) A religious war against
infidels or Mohammedan heretics; also, any bitter war or crusade for a
principle or belief.
[Their] courage in war . . . had not, like that of the
Mohammedan dervishes of the Sudan, or of Mohammedans anywhere engaged
in a jehad, a religious motive and the promise of future bliss
behind it. James Bryce.
{Ji*had", Je*had"} (?), n. [Ar.
jihād.] (Moham.) A religious war against
infidels or Mohammedan heretics; also, any bitter war or crusade for a
principle or belief.
[Their] courage in war . . . had not, like that of the
Mohammedan dervishes of the Sudan, or of Mohammedans anywhere engaged
in a jehad, a religious motive and the promise of future bliss
behind it. James Bryce.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (Theology) a personal spiritual struggle for self-improvement and against evil
- (Islam) a holy war;a war ordained by God -undertaken as a sacred duty by Muslims against unbelievers
- any vigorous, emotional crusade for an idea or principle
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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