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Zahir (Islam)
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The external aspect of the manifestation of God, al-Zahir being a Divine Name contrasted with al-batin, the inward.
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ZamZam (Islam)
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A spring near the Ka'ba at Makkah which was discovered by Ishmael, the baby son of Abraham, according to tradition.
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Zen (Buddhism)
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Japanese translation of the Chinese Ch'an and the Sanskrit dhyana, being meditation. It is part of Mahayana Buddhism from China into Japan and since beyond.
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Zionism (Judaism)
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Nineteenth-century Jewish movement aimed at establishing a national homeland in Israel and now associated with racism and nationalism.
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The Zohar (Judaism)
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The major text of Kabbalah said to be by the second century CE Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai whilst modern scholarship states its final author to be Moses de Leon of Spain in the 1200s.
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