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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it true that "doctorate" means a scholar of the Torah, and is it applied to a Muslim?

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The Shaykh : And this person says the word "doctorate" is a Christian term meaning a scholar of the Torah? It is composed of "dok," meaning scholar, and "Torah," which is the revealed book—this makes it, so to speak, Jewish. Is applying it to some Muslims who have obtained it an act of imitating them? In any case, if you have obtained it, we do not call it that. The correct view is that "doctorate," "master's," and "bachelor's" are all foreign words, not Arabic. These are conventional names. It appears that they are not as I said; I do not think that is the meaning of "doctorate." I understand what I understand, but I do not think that is its origin. Verify it. Yes.
Source alathar.net

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