Ashrâf, (s. Sharif) is an Arabic term
referring to someone claiming descent from Muhammad by way
of his daughter Fatima. The word comes from Arabic sharif (=
noble), from sharafa (= to be highborn).
Ashraf is an early variant name for Behshahr, Iran.
It is also an Arabic name meaning "most honourable one."
"Acquire knowledge, it
enables its professor to distinguish right from wrong; it
lights the way to heaven. It is our friend in the
desert, our company in solitude and companion when
friendless. It guides us to happiness, it sustains us in
misery, it is an ornament amongst friends and an armour
against enemies." (Hadith)
Famous People & Quotations
"I do
not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has
endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us
to forgo their use."
- Galileo Galilei
"Once
you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter
how improbable, must be the truth."
- Sherlock Holmes (by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859-1930)
"By (the token of) Time Verily Man is in
loss Except those who have Faith And do righteous deeds
And (join together) In the mutual
enjoining of Truth and of patience and constancy." (Surah Al Asr:Quran)
