umm who says they have to follow the rules???
Although I could see the KSA and UAE going nuts over this and refusing to release the game here.
and if, god forbid, that happens.... Some one will die.
but I was wondering about that too, I understand arabic to an extent and I knew what Abd meant, but does Hazir even mean anything??
I've loled at that
Am arabic from North africa, Well in Islam religion there's more than 100 name for God!
َAs said before "Hazir" is not one of God names (even it was don't know why USA n KSA will go nuts xD ), Hazir means a man with power that is always working... emm let's say a someone who is faithful to his work and always doing it perfectly!
PS: It can also be a persian name too and in that case I don't have a clue what it does mean >.<)
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Actually battuta means nothing in arabic it's just a name (last name precisely) :/
Just the world Bat ( the plurar name for a duck ) so he conculed that.. I think
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Yeah.Blizzard has taken the name from someone who wrote the "book of deads".The book also called Necronomicon.The Legend says who reads that book will become mad and cursed for all eternity...
Author: Abd al-Hazred also known as Mad Arab - Mad Poet
BTW some say that book is just a fictional thing from Lovecraft's book some say it is not.But at least we know that there was someone called Abd al-Hazred in real life.
I just came across this post because it did spark my interest a bit to see where blizzard was drawing its influence from. The wandering scholar figure (Avicenna or "Ibn Sina" likely being the first well known one) was common throughout the middle ages - the tradition began in the Islamic world and then spread to the West. This is probably the "archetype" for this character - there have been many examples of such people Ibn Faldan and Ibn Khaldun are some expamples of those early "anthropologists". So, either Blizzard based Abd al-Hazir off of Lovecraft's character or based it directly off of the typical medieval "wandering-scholar" figure or Lovecraft based Abdu'l Alhazred off of this figure with his own little twist and therefore Blizzard indirectly based Abd al-Hazir off of the "wandering-scholars" of which there were probably quite a few. I think it would be best to ask Blizzard if there was any specific figure that they had in mind... But they probably just based it off of the general "wandering-scholar" figure.
Also, although Hazir is not necessarily a name of God (though He is truly above all names), Hazar (هزار) does mean "nightingale". If directly translated : "Servant of the Nightingale" :), which is not a name of God but can sometimes refer to the Manifestation of God. But probably not too common amongst medieval Islamic scholars
Holy Necro....Lol I saw elfein leids post and I was like WTF?!?!? then looked at the date
Also im sure they based it off someone. The similarities are...close?
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I've loled at that
Am arabic from North africa, Well in Islam religion there's more than 100 name for God!
َAs said before "Hazir" is not one of God names (even it was don't know why USA n KSA will go nuts xD ), Hazir means a man with power that is always working... emm let's say a someone who is faithful to his work and always doing it perfectly!
PS: It can also be a persian name too and in that case I don't have a clue what it does mean >.<)
" And So our Tale ends, Bruenor BattleHammer.. In battle, as it should" -Drizzt Do'Urden -Ice Wind Dale-
Well his name is actually ridiculously long. Ducky could be his nickname
haha its a common name among low-class arabs
Actually battuta means nothing in arabic it's just a name (last name precisely) :/
Just the world Bat ( the plurar name for a duck ) so he conculed that.. I think
" And So our Tale ends, Bruenor BattleHammer.. In battle, as it should" -Drizzt Do'Urden -Ice Wind Dale-
It is nowhere near common, though.
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Author: Abd al-Hazred also known as Mad Arab - Mad Poet
BTW some say that book is just a fictional thing from Lovecraft's book some say it is not.But at least we know that there was someone called Abd al-Hazred in real life.
I just came across this post because it did spark my interest a bit to see where blizzard was drawing its influence from. The wandering scholar figure (Avicenna or "Ibn Sina" likely being the first well known one) was common throughout the middle ages - the tradition began in the Islamic world and then spread to the West. This is probably the "archetype" for this character - there have been many examples of such people Ibn Faldan and Ibn Khaldun are some expamples of those early "anthropologists". So, either Blizzard based Abd al-Hazir off of Lovecraft's character or based it directly off of the typical medieval "wandering-scholar" figure or Lovecraft based Abdu'l Alhazred off of this figure with his own little twist and therefore Blizzard indirectly based Abd al-Hazir off of the "wandering-scholars" of which there were probably quite a few. I think it would be best to ask Blizzard if there was any specific figure that they had in mind... But they probably just based it off of the general "wandering-scholar" figure.
Also, although Hazir is not necessarily a name of God (though He is truly above all names), Hazar (هزار) does mean "nightingale". If directly translated : "Servant of the Nightingale" :), which is not a name of God but can sometimes refer to the Manifestation of God. But probably not too common amongst medieval Islamic scholars
Anyway that's my two cents!
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Also im sure they based it off someone. The similarities are...close?
If you want to arrange it
This world you can change it
If we could somehow make this
Christmas thing last
By helping a neighbor
Or even a stranger
And to know who needs help
You need only just ask