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« Zamakhsharī’s Interpretations of Q. 3:7.’ Journal of Qur’anic Studies 1 (1999), pp. 63–79. Tortel, Christiane. Paroles d’ un soufi: Abû’l-Ḥasan Kharaqânî (960–1033). Paris, 1998. Vajda, G. ‘Isrāʾīliyyāt.’ EI2. Vol. iv, p… »
« directed by Iblīs against him, so in the case of the people of gnosis, when they reach the sta- tion of direct witnessing (ʿiyān) beyond elucidation (bayān), the provocations of Satan and the sultan of the lower self are… »
« signified a request for an increase in his certainty.92 Then it was asked, ‘Surely the people of the “Table Spread”93 sought profound peace of mind, through the sending down of the feast, and their [request] was out of d… »
« relations between human beings. However, ḥusn al-ẓann towards God involves an unequivocal, wholehearted trust in His goodness. For a discussion of Tustarī’s application of this term, see IT, pp. liiff. »
« the heart (fiṭnat al-qalb).8 Similarly, the Prophet said: ‘Truly, [when followed], desire (hawā) and lust (shahwa) overwhelm the intellect, knowledge,’9 and lucidity (bayān), due to the pre- eternal ordainment of God,… »
« this unveiling, the mysteries (asrār) are received without any mediation (wāsiṭa). This is a sta- tion given by God to those who are true and faithful (ṣadaqū) to Him both in secret and openly. His words, Exalted is He:… »
« standing (intiṣāb) before Him.4 After this level comes fearful apprehension (ishfāq), which is a milder (araqq) state than fear and more subtle (alṭaf).5 Fear is milder than dread (khawf) and dread is milder than terror… »
« ‘Kitāb al-Ṣalāt’. The ḥadīth, in a version narrated on the authority of Abū Hurayra, reads as follows: ‘When half of the night or two thirds of it are over, God, Blessed and Exalted is He, descends to the lowest heaven a… »
« 8 Thus they selected from the scripture what they wanted, and followed only that which suited their lower desires. We have already seen mention of the natural self (as nafs al-ṭabʿ, nafs ṭabīʿiyya or nafs al-jibilla) in… »
« 4 Translating yaghfiru and lā yuḥāsibu as in all the MSS (Z515, f. 131a, F638, f. 64a and F3488, f. 313a), as opposed to naghfiru and nuḥāsibu in the published edition. 5 Translating mawāqif according to F638, f. 64a, in… »
« tious manner. The same verbal root (ẓ-l-m) is used concerning Adam and Eve in 7:23: They said, ‘Lord we have wronged ourselves’ (qālā, Rabbanā ẓalamnā anfusanā). 9 Added on the basis of all three MSS: Z515, f. 134b, F638… »
« 16–34. Note regarding the above, in this tradition the word awjuh has been used instead of aḥruf. Tafsīr al-Tustarī 42 Sahl also said: God, Blessed and Exalted is He, showed those who are firmly rooted in knowledge to be… »
« He said: Their houses are an allusion to hearts;2 for there are hearts which are inhabited (ʿāmir) through remembrance (dhikr), and there are those which are ruined (kharib) through heedlessness (ghafla).3 Whomsoever God… »
« eyes, they disowned [their claim], but their disavowal did not avail them after they had actually seen the punishment. God has informed us about those who fit this description in His words But their faith was of no benef… »
« above tradition exemplifies the second understanding of the word aḥruf. See Abū Jaʿfar al-Ṭabarī, Jāmiʿ al-bayān ʿan taʾwīl āy al-Qurʾān (Cairo, 1955–69), Tafsīr Introduction, pp. 21–72; trans. Cooper, pp. 34ff. 3 A simi… »
« 4 Sūra 68 (The Pen) commences with this letter. 5 See above, IC, p. 9, n. 38 and IT, p. xxiv, concerning Tustarī’s Risālat al-ḥurūf. In that treatise Tustarī ascribes special cosmological significance to the letters alif… »
« [90:18] Those are the people of the Right Hand.12 6 lit. ‘cleaves to the earth’. 7 This is probably an allusion to verse 14, which commands the giving of food on a day of hunger, which is how the word masghaba has been t… »
« be a form of ruse (makr) that God is devising against him.’2 Then [Tustarī] said: By God, the world has not been made available to a servant without him transgressing as a consequence, no matter who they happened to be.… »
« theological terminology. 3 Tustarī is here indicating his belief that the Qurʾān is the uncreated word of God, on which see above IT, p. xxxi. Tustarī’s doctrine of the divine speech as one of the attributes of God is di… »
« taqwā (mindfulness, full awareness of God), xxx, xlix, lv and n245, lvi, lix, 13 n9, 19 and nn39 and 44, 24, 25 and n74, 26, 28, 51, 76, 81, 122, 135, 158, 166, 237, 241, 255 and n4, 299, 301, 304. See also mindfulness;… »
« knowledge has protected from plunging [into the interpretation of the Qurʾān] according to some whim (hawā) or with set arguments (ḥujaj maḍrūba) without [awareness of] the unseen [mysteries] (ghuyūb).’ [This is] due to… »
« 174, 177, 181 n9, 184–5, 193 and nn2–3, 205 and n6, 213 and n8, 217, 219, 239, 240, 245, 251, 253, 258, 259 and n5, 260 and n8, 264, 268, 273 and n6, 274, 275, 280 and n4, 282, 284, 299. See also Garden; Hereafter; rewar… »
« He was asked about the abode (dār), whether it was an abode of Islam or disbelief.5 He replied, ‘The abode is the abode of tribulation (balāʾ) and testing (ikhtibār).’6 ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Marwazī asked Sahl, ‘What do you… »
« tion was probably derived from among the ‘Isrāʾīliyyāt’, that is, traditions concerning the stories of the Biblical prophets that were derived either from Jewish converts to Islam or early Muslims who had contact with th… »