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Arabic ʿItq ( عتق‎ ). [ SLAVERY .] MAQĀM MAḤMŪD ( مـقـام محمود‎ ). “A glorious station,” or place in heaven, said to be reserved for Muḥammad. It is mentioned in the XVII th chapter of the Qurʾān, verse 81 : “It may be that thy Lord will raise thee to a glorious station .” Religious Muslims always pray that God will grant the Maḥmūd to their Prophet, when they hear the Aẕān recited. [ AZAN .] MAQĀMU IBRAHĪM ( مقام ابرهيم‎ ). “The place or station of Abraham.” Mentioned twice in the Qurʾān. Sūrah iii. 91 : “In it (Makkah) are evident signs, even the place of Abraham .” Sūrah ii. 119 : “Take ye the station of Abraham for a place of prayer.” It is a place at Makkah within the Masjid boundary, supposed to have the impre ion of the foot-marks of Abraham. Burckhardt says this is a small building, supported by six pillars about eight feet high, four of which are surrounded from the top to bottom by a fine iron railing, while they leave the space behind the two hind pillars open. Within the railing is a frame about five feet square, terminating in a pyramidal top, and said to contain the sacred stone upon which Abraham stood when he built the Kaʿbah. MAQSŪRAH ( مقصورة‎ ). A closet or place of retirement. A place set apart in mosques, enclosed with curtains, where devout men recite their supererogatory prayers, and perform ẕikr . [ ZIKR .] MĀRIYATU ʾL-QIBT̤ĪYAH ( مارية القبطية‎ ). [ MARY THE COPT .]