Commandment vs Shaheed - What's the difference?
commandment | shaheed |
Something that must be obeyed; a command or edict.
* Bible, John xiii. 34
The act of commanding; exercise of authority.
* Shakespeare
(legal) The offence of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.
An Islamic or Sikh martyr, one who has died fulfilling a religious commandment and is thus promised a place in Paradise.
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 16, author=Joan Dupont, title=For a Director on the Rise, Sarajevo’s War Years Linger, work=New York Times
, passage=She has told the child that her father was a shaheed , a martyr, concealing the real story of her brutal conception. }}
As nouns the difference between commandment and shaheed
is that commandment is one of the ten commandments while shaheed is an islamic or sikh martyr, one who has died fulfilling a religious commandment and is thus promised a place in paradise.commandment
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Alternative forms
* commaundment (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another.
- And therefore put I on the countenance / Of stern commandment .
shaheed
English
Alternative forms
* shahidNoun
(en noun)citation