How do you use Ulama in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like ulema or body, plus the exact meaning.
Ulama meaning
A (modern) ball game, descended from tlachtli.
Using Ulama
- The main meaning on this page is: A (modern) ball game, descended from tlachtli.
- Useful related words include: ulema, body.
- In the example corpus, ulama often appears in combinations such as: ulama to, young ulama, the ulama.
Context around Ulama
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 6 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ulama
- In this selection, "ulama" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, young, nahdlatul, international, especially, muzakarah and rushed stand out and add context to how "ulama" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a hundred ulama to consider and are rescuing ulama. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ulama" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ulama
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Most of pesantren in Jakarta are affiliated with the traditionalist Nahdlatul Ulama organizations. (13 words)
Nonetheless, the local ulama were courted, with funding for religious education and the clerics. (14 words)
Giovanni Navarro, 30, takes issue with the idea that he and his fellow players are "rescuing" ulama. (17 words)
Aside from keeping in touch with these young ulama, the activity over the weekend was also a way to consult and generate ideas about the young ulama, especially about their views on the Muslim community and their own welfare and engagement. (41 words)
She knew how the ulama in Iran had defeated the Shah on his westernizing mission, the famous tobacco fatwa of 1890 that forced the shah to cancel the British concession, and supported the constitution movement for democracy in 1905. (39 words)
Majlisi—"one of the most powerful and influential" Twelver Shiʿi ulama "of all time"—was famous for (among other things), suppression of Sufism, which he and his followers believed paid insufficient attention to Shariah law. (35 words)
Example sentences (17)
Aside from keeping in touch with these young ulama, the activity over the weekend was also a way to consult and generate ideas about the young ulama, especially about their views on the Muslim community and their own welfare and engagement.
The lamentations continue as electorate share their views that, the Council of Ulama should subject the candidates to scrutiny and give each a fair hearing.
They also discussed the issue of dakwah and Islamic education in conjunction with the International Ulama Muzakarah that will be organised in Malaysia.
She knew how the ulama in Iran had defeated the Shah on his westernizing mission, the famous tobacco fatwa of 1890 that forced the shah to cancel the British concession, and supported the constitution movement for democracy in 1905.
Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind claimed that police “unilaterally and arbitrarily” arrested persons from their homes during lockdown without informing their families the reasons for arrest.
Our Ulama rushed to inform us that pandemics are routine acts from Allah, and this is just one among many that He had sent to mankind.
Prominent Ulama like Sheikh Isah Waziri, Ibrahim Umar Kabo, Rabi Wali were members and were drawn from all sections of the society.
Giovanni Navarro, 30, takes issue with the idea that he and his fellow players are "rescuing" ulama.
Nahdlatul Ulama’s recommendation comes as citizens of the world’s largest Muslim-majority country prepare for a presidential poll on Apr 17.
Hence, not only the ideas of the Muslim political philosophers but also many other jurists and ulama posed political ideas and theories.
In the Safavid dynasty of Iran, "both the wandering dervishes of 'low' Sufism" and "the philosopher-ulama of 'high' Sufism came under relentless pressure" from powerful cleric Muhammad Baqir Majlisi (d1110/1699).
Majlisi—"one of the most powerful and influential" Twelver Shiʿi ulama "of all time"—was famous for (among other things), suppression of Sufism, which he and his followers believed paid insufficient attention to Shariah law.
Most of pesantren in Jakarta are affiliated with the traditionalist Nahdlatul Ulama organizations.
Nonetheless, the local ulama were courted, with funding for religious education and the clerics.
Some of these initiatives were regarded as dangerous, especially by the powerful and privileged Shi'a ulama (religious scholars), and as Westernizing trends by traditionalists (Khomeini viewed them as "an attack on Islam").
The fatwā was issued following a two-day meeting of more than a hundred ulama to consider the pros and cons of the proposal addressed by government ministers, scientists and critics.
This gave the Sharia courts of mujtahids an opportunity to fill the legal vacuum and enabled the ulama to assert their judicial authority.
Common combinations with ulama
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- ulama to 3×
- young ulama 2×
- the ulama 2×
- nahdlatul ulama 2×