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Islamic texts presents old age as one of the several stages of human development, in which some of the divinely endowed powers, strengths, abilities, independence, and physical beauty are withdrawn as a test (of responses) and a compelling opportunity to achieve spiritual excellence by submitting oneself to the Divine (Qur’an, 30:54, 36:68, 40:67, 19:04, 28:23, 11:72, 12:78, 22:05, 98:1–6; Aslam 2018, pp. 71–91). In Islamic literatures, several terms, such as shaykh, musinn, haram, kabir, mua’mmir, ardhal-al-umar, and ajuz, refer to the old-age or old people. Shykh refers to a person who has physical signs of the old age and mussin refers to the one who is identified with observable functional decline in physical and rational capabilities. Kabir and mua’mmirare loose terms...
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Aslam, K.M. (2019). Aging: An Islamic Perspective. In: Gu, D., Dupre, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_145-1
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