Imran

Imran (also transliterated as Emran, Omran, or Umran, Arabic: عمران‎) is an Arabic male given name. It may refer to:

Places

Given name

'Imran ibn Shahin

'Imran ibn Shahin (died 979) was a Nabataean and the founder of a state in the Batihah marshlands in the 10th century. His reign was marked by decades of struggle against the Buyids of Iraq.

Life

'Imran created the marsh state during the period of the declining authority of the Caliphate. Having committed a crime in Jamidah, 'Imran fled to the neighboring swamps to avoid punishment by the local government. From there he managed to gain the cooperation of fellow criminals and local fisherman, and was able to set up a robber state, defying government authority. He managed to expand his power when the Biridis of Basra charged him with the protection of Jamidah and the parts of Ahvaz lying within the Batihah. With more followers flocking to him, 'Imran was eventually able to take control of the whole swamp.

The Buyids' entrance into Baghdad in 945 meant that conflict between the two sides was inevitable. The Buyid amir Mu'izz al-Daula sent his deputy Abu Ja'far al-Saymari to subdue the Batihah. He managed to inflict a series of defeats upon 'Imran, who fled and whose family was imprisoned. The death of Mu'izz's overlord 'Imad al-Daula in late 949, however, forced Mu'izz to send al-Saymari to Fars in order to secure the succession of 'Imad's son 'Adud al-Daula, giving 'Imran the opportunity to recover his authority.

Labbayk

Labbayk (Bengali: লাব্বায়িক; Arabic: لبيك‎) is an English nasheed vocal group of Bangladeshi descent formed in London, England, in 2004, comprising the singers Masum, Shafi and Imran. Ehsaan Tahmid was a member until he left the group in 2015.

History

In May 2004, Labbayk was formed within the Muslim society of a secondary school in London. Masum (born 1987), Imran (born 1991) and other students showed an interest in the idea and sang at Islamic events for the school. In 2006, Ehsaan Tahmid (born 1987) joined the group until May 2015, when he decided to leave the group. He was replaced by Shafi, who joined the group in December 2015. The group members are all of Bangladeshi descent.

Labbayk is represented by the Gloucester-based record label Safar Media.

Style

Musical instruments are not used in composing the vocal harmonies in Labbayk's nasheeds. The style of the nasheeds is Islamic a cappella, using voices only. Their singing styles originate from Indian, Arab and Western melodies. The aim is to give dawah (inviting others to Islam) through melodies and lyrics.

Friar

A friar is a member of one of the mendicant orders founded since the twelfth or thirteenth century; the term distinguishes the mendicants' itinerant apostolic character, exercised broadly under the jurisdiction of a superior general, from the older monastic orders' allegiance to a single monastery formalized by their vow of stability. The most significant orders of friars are the Dominicans, Franciscans, Augustinians and Carmelites.

Definition

Friars are different from monks in that they are called to live the evangelical counsels (vows of poverty, chastity and obedience) in service to society, rather than through cloistered asceticism and devotion. Whereas monks live in a self-sufficient community, friars work among laypeople and are supported by donations or other charitable support. A monk or nun makes their vows and commits to a particular community in a particular place. Friars commit to a community spread across a wider geographical area known as a province, and so they will typically move around, spending time in different houses of the community within their province.

FRA

Fra is a title of a friar.

Fra or FRA may also refer to:

FRA - Full Retirement Age refers to US Social Security age that allows full payment.

Frankfurt Airport

Frankfurt Airport (IATA: FRA, ICAO: EDDF) (German: Flughafen Frankfurt am Main, also known as Rhein-Main-Flughafen) is a major international airport located in Frankfurt, the fifth-largest city of Germany and one of the world's leading financial centres. It is operated by Fraport and serves as the main hub for Lufthansa including Lufthansa CityLine and Lufthansa Cargo as well as Condor and AeroLogic. The airport covers an area of 2,000 hectares (4,942 acres) of land and features two passenger terminals with a capacity of approximately 65 million passengers per year, four runways and extensive logistics and maintenance facilities.

Frankfurt Airport is by far the busiest airport by passenger traffic in Germany as well as the 4th busiest in Europe after London Heathrow Airport, Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport and İstanbul Atatürk Airport. The airport is also the 17th busiest worldwide by total number of passengers as of April 2015, with 61.032 million passengers using the airport in 2015, an increase of 2.5% from 2014. It also had a freight throughput of 2.076 million metric tonnes in 2015 and is the busiest airport in Europe by cargo traffic. As of winter 2012, Frankfurt Airport served 264 destinations in 113 countries, making it the airport with the most international destinations in the world.