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COLOR AND LANGUAGE MATTER DEEPLY IN ISLAM
THIS TOO IS PART OF THE “PERFECT ORDER”
ALLAH MADE IT SO 
● What comes together in Arabic easily may not be immediately seen in another language.
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are referenced 3 times in the Book at 5:1 and 22:28 and 34 to mean cattle or animals.
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means “beast, cattle, livestock, animal”
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and its plural 
has a color attached—like cardinal in English—color comes with the words.
● The root 
and 
historically was used to identify and describe Blacks in Arabic sources.