Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Sunna

or Sonna. The Oral Law, or the precepts of Mahomet not contained in the Koran, collected into a volume. Similar to the Jewish Mishna, which is the supplement of the Pentateuch. (Arabic, sunna, custom, rule of conduct.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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