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Where does “fitna” come from?

fitna (English) comes from Arabic فِتْنَة — sedition, strife.

fitna (English): Temptation; Strife; social unrest or civil war...

Definitions

  1. Temptation; Strife; social unrest or civil war...

Ancestry of “fitna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicفِتْنَةsedition, strife
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