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An impostor (also spelled imposter) [1] is a person who pretends to be somebody else, often through means of disguise. Their objective is usually to try to gain financial or social advantages through social engineering or through means of identity theft , but also often for purposes of espionage or law enforcement .
Saf ibn Sayyad ( Arabic: الصف بن الصياد ), later known as Abdullah ibn Sa'id ( Arabic: عبد الله بن سعيد ), was an alleged claimant of prophethood during the time of Islamic prophet Muhammad and his companions who later disappeared after the Ridda wars. Umar, a senior companion of Muhammad, and even some Islamic scholars ...
Musaylima ( Arabic: مُسَيْلِمَةُ ), otherwise known as Musaylima ibn Ḥabīb ( Arabic: مسيلمه ابن حبيب) d.632, was a claimant of prophethood [1] [2] [3] from the Banu Hanifa tribe. [4] [5] Based from Diriyah in present day Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, he claimed to be a prophet and was an enemy of Islam in 7th-century Arabia.
Impostor syndrome, also known as impostor phenomenon or impostorism, is a psychological experience of intellectual and professional fraudulence. [ 1] One source defines it as "the subjective experience of perceived self-doubt in one's abilities and accomplishments compared with others, despite evidence to suggest the contrary".
The Urdu Wikipedia (Urdu: اردو ویکیپیڈیا), started in January 2004, is the Standard Urdu-language edition of Wikipedia, a free, open-content encyclopedia. [1] [2] As of 13 August 2024, it has 209,091 articles, 183,229 registered users and 12,665 files, and it is the 54th largest edition of Wikipedia by article count, and ranks 20th in terms of depth among Wikipedias with over ...
Al-Qasas ( Arabic: القصص, ’al-qaṣaṣ; meaning: The Story) is the 28th chapter ( sūrah) of the Qur'an with 88 verses ( āyāt ). According to Ibn Kathir 's commentary, the chapter takes its name from verse 25 in which the word Al-Qasas occurs. Lexically, qasas means to relate events in their proper sequence. Thus, from the viewpoint ...
An-Naml [1] (Arabic: النمل, romanized: ’an-naml, lit. 'The Ant [2] [3] ') is the 27th chapter of the Qur'an with 93 verses (). Regarding the timing and contextual background of the supposed revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl), it is an earlier "Meccan surah", which means it is believed to have been revealed in Mecca, rather than later in Medina.
The Treatise of the Three Impostors ( Latin: De Tribus Impostoribus) was a long-rumored book denying all three Abrahamic religions: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, with the "impostors" of the title being Jesus, Moses, and Muhammad. Hearsay concerning such a book surfaces by the 13th century and circulates through the 17th century.