"fitna" meaning in English

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Contraction

Head templates: {{head|en|contraction|head=}} fitna, {{en-cont}} fitna
  1. (rare) African-American Vernacular form of fixing to: used to express a desire or future action. Tags: contraction, rare
    Sense id: en-fitna-en-contraction--vtF5~Fj Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 5 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 23 4 8 31 31 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 3 12 28 28 1 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: fitnas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic فِتْنَة (fitna, “sedition, strife”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|فِتْنَة||sedition, strife}} Arabic فِتْنَة (fitna, “sedition, strife”), {{root|en|ar|ف ت ن}} Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fitna (countable and uncountable, plural fitnas)
  1. (Islam, uncountable) Temptation. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Islam
    Sense id: en-fitna-en-noun-Z9psB5Up Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion
  2. Strife; social unrest or civil war among Muslims, especially from the 7th to the 9th century. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fitna-en-noun--oBxEqQY Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 3 12 28 28 1 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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