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« his [lower] self in the earth the higher will his heart soar heavenwards. Furthermore, if he [completely] buries his lower self beneath the earth his heart will reach the Throne. He also said about Kahmasthat he used to… »
« al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought and Fons Vitae, 2008. Washāʾ, Abū Ṭayyib Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Yaḥyā al-. Ẓarf al-ẓurafāʾ, ed. Fahmī Saʿd. Beirut, 1985. Zabīdī, al-Murtaḍā al-. Itḥāf al-sādat al-muttaqīn bi-sharḥ as… »
« 4 Again, it should be borne in mind that ṣabr also has the meaning of being ‘steadfast’ or ‘staunch’ as well as ‘patient’. 5 The section in brackets has been added on the basis of all three MSS: Z515, f. 139b, F638, f. 6… »
« Muzayyin al-, xx Tirmidhī, Ḥakīm al-, xxxviii n149 Transoxiana, 61n6 Tustar, xv, xvi, xix and n41, l n215 Tustarī, Sahl b. ʿAbd Allāh, lviii, 72, 88, 90, 104, 109, 121, 129, 132, 140, 188, 221, 237, 251 approach to Qurʾā… »
« as an infant. 5 Ibn Māja, Sunan, ‘Bāb al-barāʾa min al-kibr’; Abū Dāwud, Sunan, ‘Bāb mā jāʾa fī’l-kibr’; Ibn Ḥanbal, al-Musnad, vol. 2, pp. 248, 376, 414, 427 and 442. Tafsīr al-Tustarī 120 His words: [19:52] …And brough… »
« source of the Tafsīr, Abū Bakr al-Sijzī. However, if the poem was by some other anonymous author, then the commentary might be by Tustarī. 104 i.e. the visitation of God, His Throne. The ‘Laudable or Praiseworthy Station… »
« Jāmiʿ al-bayān, and this is how Tustarī has understood it here. According to Qushayrī (Laṭāʾif, vol. 3, p. 173), amāna is upholding what is obligatory according to the principles (uṣūl) and applications (furūʿ) [of fiqh]… »
« That is, they [emit] sounds,23 and they are of stone and iron. His words Mighty and Majestic is He: [4:121] …And will find no refuge from it. That is, no way out. His words: [4:139] …Do they desire power with them?... Th… »
« The whole of this speech is a form of allusion (taʿrīḍ) for the benefit of his people when their hearts are in a state of bewilderment, for he [Abraham] had already been granted right guidance (rushd) before [21:51], jus… »
« itself (tark), that is for the sinner who recognises his sin. Being forsaken (khidhlān), however, is for the one who sins while believing that he is doing something good. This is God’s punishment it was pointed out to hi… »
« 31 cutting them both off,97 save the protection of the All-Merciful. He [Sahl] then recited a poem [in wāfir metre]: The abundant sufficiency98 of direct encounter [with God] [attained] through my good opinion of Him99 I… »
« ingly circumambulate the House [Kaʿba] morning and night in diverse forms. Truly, there are many ⸢great⸣ wonders here.12 If I related all I have seen, the hearts of people who do not believe would be too weak [to accept… »
« have placed them all in obedience to Him; but He admits whomever He will into His mercy, that is, into His obedience. And the evildoers, who claim to possess the power (ḥawl) and strength (quwwa), have neither guardian n… »
« compassion (ḥanān) from God, that is to say, he was given to be compassionate in nature (19:13), as well as pure, and that he was God-fearing. 2 In that, according to the commentaries, he was an upholder of the divine on… »
« the encounter [with Him] and [His] visitation (ziyāra). As to his saying [in the poem], ‘For the one who has beheld God directly [there is no sleep to settle him until the day]’, [he is referring to] a sign of the people… »
« He was asked about the words: [6:52] Do not drive away those who call upon their Lord morning and evening, desiring His coun- tenance... That is, they desire (arādū) the countenance of God and His good pleasure and they… »
« His words: [37:106] Truly this was indeed a clear test. He said: That is, a trial of mercy (balāʾ al-raḥma).5 Do you not see how God sent him [Abraham] in a state of contentment (riḍā)? 6 1 The verse is speaking about Ab… »
« hidden form of, 310 two kinds of, 310 astray, going / led (ḍalāl / ḍalāla / iḍlāl), 1, 14 n14, 61, 65 n11, 66, 68, 116, 119, 126, 131, 168, 184, 189, 212, 226. See also error(s), erring ʿaṭf (inclination, kindness, sympa… »
« That is to say, whatever souls desire is10 the reward for their works, whereas whatever eyes delight in is the empowerment (tamkīn)11 which God bestows on them at the time of the encounter (liqāʾ) [with Him] as a reward… »
« happiness or misery, hence felicity or wretchedness. 29 A reference perhaps to 6:125: Whomever God desires to guide, He expands his breast to Islam. »
« (iʿtidhār) and seek repentance (tawba). He said: Any servant who sins and does not repent, [will find] that sin leading him on to another sin, which will cause him to forget the former sin. On the other hand, any servant… »
« Him in confident abandonment to Him due to a light from His light, by which He singled them out in His prior knowledge.14 They do not speak except with guidance (hudā), and their inner perception is solely directed towar… »
« ———. Dhamm al-hawā, ed. Muṣṭafā ʿAbd al-Wāḥid. Cairo, 1962. Ibn Khaldūn. Kitāb al-ʿibar. Beirut, 1961. Ibn Māja, Muḥammad b. Yazīd Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Qazwīnī. Sunan, ed. Fūʾād ʿAbd al-Bāqī. Beirut, 1995. Ibn Mubārak, ʿAbd… »
« to tradition, on the last day Isrāfīl will blow the Trumpet and the Angel of Death, Azrāʾīl, will capture the souls of all living creatures, including the other angels and himself. What Tustarī is saying here is that the… »