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What are the niche words we know only because of religion?

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Here's the words and phrases we seem to hold a virtual monopoly over.  1. vicegerent 2. circumambulate 3. supererogatory 4. she-camel 5. expiation 6. loincloth 7. polygyny 8. pre-dawn meal 9. forenoon 10. transcendence 11. ablution 12. rent asunder 13. revert 14. lo 15. O 16. wet-nurse 17. unto 18. caravan 19. verily 20. difference of opinion 21. leather socks 22. wayfarer 23. God-consciousness 24. tooth-stick 25. lineage 26. occultation 27. supplication 28. prostration 29. unit of prayer 30. armspan 31. pure, non-purifying water 32. non-Muslim 33. like the back of my mother 34. matrimonial services 35. the Hereafter 36. school of thought 37. from the navel to the knee 38. disbeliever 39. chain of transmission 40. as to what follows 41. dispensation 42. temporary marriage 43. a coolness of the eyes 44. unmarriageable kin 45. right hand possessions 46. the straight path 47. lote tree 48. foot-to-foot, shoulder-to-shoulder 49. glad tidings 50. companions and successors 51. scrupulousness 52. anthropomorphism 53. misguidance 54. abrogation 55. bear witness 56. apostate 57. moon-sighting 58. mantle 59. ritual bath 60. visibility curve 61. naked eye sighting 62. the early generations 63. exegetes 64. scandal-mongering 65. date palm fiber 66. booty 67. rigorously authenticated 68. 69. religious sciences 70. student of knowledge 71. messengership 72. prophethood 73. headscarf 74. 75. woe unto you 76. lower your gaze 77. concubine 78. straighten the lines 79. oneness 80. recompense 81. rightly guided 82. o ye who believe 83. translation of the meaning of 84. a fathom's length 85. primordial nature 86. pious predecessors 87. calculations 88. PBUH (SAW) 89. pre-pubescent 90. the weight of a mustard seed 91. mutual consultation 92. garment/inner garment/outer garment 93. abode 94. forelock 95. minority position/majority position 96. outside the fold of 97. similitude 98. strike a parable 99. alms(-tax) 100. nunation 101. enjoining the good and forbidding the wrong 102. idol-worshippers 103. hand-maidens 104. prohibitively disliked 105. night vigil 106. alms-tax 107. he entered upon... 108. diseases of the heart 109. age of responsibility 110. sectarian divisions 111. lower appetites 112. the emigrants 113. the helpers 114. womenfolk 115. operative cause 116. experiential knowledge 117. traditional knowledge 118. worldly knowledge 119. secular education 120. litany 121. legal marriage 122. polytheists 123. hermaphrodites 124. ennoble 125. nations and tribes 126. bless-ed 127. soothsayer 128. ...from sunrise to sunset 129. promised paradise 130. rope of God 131. steadfastness 132. on the authority of... 133. draw near 134. it was reported that... 135. highest level of paradise 136. other-worldly 137. prayer beads 138. second wife 139. covetous desires 140. gender relations 141. pray for me 142. crush your ego 143. may God... 144. fabricated statement 145. of a surety... 146. major ritual purity/minor ritual impurity 147. major sins/minor sins 148. good innovation 149. unknown narrator 150. acts of worship 151. nullify 152. unto 153. zakatable income 154. nocturnal emission 155. night journey 156. ascension 157. filial piety 158. Islam says... 159. fist length 160. righteous offspring 161. boons 162. door of heaven 163. remembrance 164. recitation 165. liturgy 166. litany 167. the best of planners 168. sitting companion 169. ...as though birds were perched on their heads 170. God knows best 171. glorification 172. combine and shorten 173. I'm combining 174. I'm shortening 175. where do I put my hands? 176. usury 177. may God ennoble his face 178. transgression 179. extol the praises 180. beseech 181. the last third of the night 182. the son of 183. upon 184. provision 185. a good opinion 186. jugular vein 187. lost property 188. promised paradise 189. tribulation 190. lineage 191. God preserve you 192. draw near 193. seeker 194. guttural letter 195. peace be upon you 196. lunar calendar 197. infidel 198. all praise is due to… 199. most gracious 200. most merciful 201. seek refuge 202. names and attributes 203. saliva of the dog 204. invoke 205. people of desire 206. strongest opinion 207. congregational prayer 208. lost property 209. innate predisposition 210. Arab mile 211. freeing a neck 212. beatific Vision 213. reprehensible 214. esoteric 215. menses 216. the life of this world 217. carotid artery 218. transcend 219. vizier 220. benedictions 221. not a single dinar or dirham 223. succor 224. providence 225. p/maternal uncle/aunt 226. perform the prayer 227. give the call 228. up to seventy times 229. obligatory 230. mandatory 231. morsel of flesh 232. congealed clot of blood 233. bountiful 234. those who show mercy 235. neighborly needs 236. familial ties 237. caliph 238. veils of darkness 239. inward and outward sciences 240. Day of Resurrection 241. intercession 242. recording angels 243. the angel on your right/the angel on your left 244. come to success 245. book of deeds 246. extremities of the day 247. beneath the ankles 248. pass wind 249. ...free and far removed 250. out loud in a group 251. smite their necks 252. enjoin 253. cover the faults 254. flutes of David 255. firstborn 256. beneath which 257. waiting period 258. apostate 259. jurisprudential theory 260. God preserve him 261. ...from his teacher, who took it from his teacher 262. ...between the heavens and the earth 263. blood money 264. skullcap 265. heedfulness/heedlessness 266. Islam awareness 267. declivity 268. lower the wing 269. descendents 270. progeny 271. God be pleased with him 272. recension 273. jurisprudence 274. exalted 275. tilth 276. wiping the socks 277. you're still a youth 278. permissible 279. enmity 280. prayed against him 281. admonition 282. free mixing 283. segregation 284. up to and including 285. struggle against the soul 286. new Muslim 287. to dwell therein forever 288. dwelling place 289. dowry 290. invalidates 291. musical instruments 292. rhyming prose 293. worthy of worship 294. signs of the Day of Judgment 295. way of life 296. Friday sermon 297. spiritual station 298. jurist 299. the eye of certainty 300. all the worlds 301. friend of God 302. mother of the believers 303. preserved tablet 304. license to teach 305. connected back to its author 306. migration 307. prayer times 308. a witness for you/a witness against you 309. ongoing charity 310. thobe 311. say: "..." 312. astray 313. camel urine 314. dung 315. renounce the world 316. asceticism 317. predestination 318. people of the book 319. believers 320. omniscience 321. goblets 322. the scholars 323. dream interpretation 324. backbiting 325. sisters' entrance 326. tie your camel 327. onset of puberty 328. inner struggle 329. inwardly and outwardly 330. transliteration 331. beneficent 332. munificent 333. purification of the soul 334. beautification 335. beauty and ugliness 336. God-willing 337. brothers, come forward 338. 339. laypeople 340. weakness in the chain 341. he does not have perfect faith, the one who... 342. Zoroastrians 343. "the" Christians and Jews 344. evidences 345. people of the gap 346. 70 times 347. grave-worship 348. sustenance 349. wrongdoing 350. monotheistic 351. Sabeans 352. their udders filled with milk 353. cutting off the pretense 354. heard the ādhān on the moon 355. zenith 356. handspan 357. even beneath the fingernails 358. saw in a dream 359. Prophetic medicine 360. Mageans 361. your hair is showing 362. what time is sunset? 363. fist length beard 364. no trace of sunlight 365. cubits 366. barley bread 367. vessel 368. omnipotence 369. a mountain of gold 370. conjugal relations 371. private parts 372. travel provisions 373. idolatry 374. reverence 375. veneration 376. ink of gold 377. outstrip 378. raised couches 379. rewarded twice 380. guarded her chastity 381. break the fast 382. enter into submission 383. moon sighting 384. at the feet of the scholars 385. and then wipe the ears 386. an unbroken chain 387. servitude 388. on seven letters 389. pulled out his sword 390. non-combatant soldier 391. bequeath

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