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« for God’s sake, as when the prayers are maintained and obligatory alms (zakāt) are paid [in a spirit of] satisfaction (qunūʿ) and contentment (riḍā). Thus, [in this latter verse] He summoned them to the best speech, and… »
« 3 i.e. your grave. 4 The MSS all have muḥāsab/muḥāsib: Z515, f. 117a, F638, f. 56a and F3488, f. 297b, whereas the published edition has tuḥāsabu. The meaning, however, comes to the same. 237 »
« the Messenger said: ‘Be for your Lord as the yielding camel’,7 meaning compliant (miṭwāʿ).8 But God, Glorified and Exalted is He, knows best. 6 The use of the word bewilderment (taḥayyur) is interesting here because… »
« His words, Exalted is He: [91:3] By the day when it reveals her [the sun], He said: This means: the light of faith removes the darkness of ignorance and extinguishes the flames of the Fire. [91:4] and by the night when i… »
« by anyone after him, that He might shatter thereby the tyrants, the unbelievers, those who transgress against their Lord, and those among jinn and men who claim to possess power by themselves.12 Thus, the question was po… »
« Suyūṭī, Jalāl al-Dīn al-, and Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī. Tafsīr al-Jalālayn, ed. ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Arnāʾūṭ and Aḥmad Khālid Shukrī. Damascus and Beirut: Dār Ibn Kathīr, 1998. Translated by Feras Hamza. Louisville, KY: Royal… »
« His words, Exalted is He: [25:1] Blessed is He who revealed the Criterion… Sahl said: That is, Majestic and Exalted is He who privileged Muḥammad by revealing to him the Criterion (furqān), that he may distinguish trut… »
« disobeyed You as something that You preordained for me before You created me, or some- thing that I initiated?” He replied: “Indeed, it is something that I preordained for you, that you would do as a consequence of My li… »
« 1 His words, Exalted is He: [68:1] Nūn. By the Pen, and by what they inscribe! He said: ‘Al-Nūn’ is one of the names of God, Exalted is He, for if the opening letters of the sūras, Alif Lām Rā, Ḥā Mīm and Nūn, are joined… »
« of humble submission, Satan will not approach him. He was asked, ‘What is humble submission (khushūʿ)?’ He replied: It is standing before God and being steadfast (ṣabr) in that.7 He [continued]: The perfection of fear [o… »
« watering their own sheep were impeding their access to the well. Moses watered their sheep for them and then retired to the shade and made the prayer related in this verse for assistance from God. His prayer was immediat… »
« been put in charge of the clouds; he drives them along just as a camel herder would do his camels.’ Kaʿb reported from ʿUmar that he said, ‘I heard the Messenger of God say: “Truly, God creates clouds so they speak w… »
« Sāriya (d. unknown). A general under the Caliph ʿUmar who led the Muslims in battle against the Persians. ʿUmar is famously said to have perceived an impending attack by the Persians and from his pulpit in Medina, shoute… »
« and whoever is safe from backbiting, is safe from calumny (zūr), and whoever is safe from calumny, is safe from slander (buhtān). He said: And Ibn ʿAbbās said, ‘The hypocrite (munāfiq) is guilty of backbiting, but the… »
« bayān (coherent speech, 55:4), 216. See also speech Index III: Subjects and Technical Terms 363 bayān (lucidity, explanation, that which is made clear, elucidated), xxxvii, 13, 18, 32 and n105, 167, 168, 194, 216, 268, 2… »
« tainted in this life, and they are cognisant only of God.”5 Thus has God sworn an oath by him, his Companions and his nation. That which is sworn to by the oath is:6 [89:14] Assuredly your Lord is ever watchful. This mea… »
« much as you can. This does not, however, constitute permission to abandon awareness of God. [Note that] in the context of Sūra Āl ʿImrān, the words: See that you do not die save in submission [3:102] mean: submitting to… »
« them, they will certainly say ‘God’…[43:87] Even so they are polytheists who believe in some of the messengers but do not believe in others. His words, Exalted is He: [12:108] I call to God being upon sure knowledge… Tha… »
« then went back to their people to inform them about it. Tafsīr al-Tustarī 192 He said: None can respond to the one who summons, except he who has heard the call (nidāʾ), and then has been granted success to do good thing… »
« This is the inner meaning of the verse. Its outer meaning is what is obvious. Abū ʿAmr b. ʿAlāʾ related the [following story], saying, ‘We fled from al-Ḥajjāj9 to the desert, and lived there for a period of time going fr… »
« nor created (makhlūq).3 His words: [26:78] ‘…[He] who created me, it is He who guides me,’ 4 He said: ‘He who created me for His adoration guides me to proximity (qurb) with Him.’ His words: [26:79] and provides me with… »
« and the one who is not safe is one who has not acquainted himself with the recompense (jazāʾ). He also said: Those who desire the Hereafter are many. However, there are but two [kinds of] servant whose sufficiency (kifāy… »
« and sincerity, lvi–lvii, 51, 52 and tawḥῑd, 21, 266 tranquil repose (sukūn) leads to, 68 and trust, 19 and veracity, 158 character/ characteristics (akhlāq) exemplary / noble, of Prophet, xxx, 117, 226 of faith, xxxii, 7… »
« on to death while in possession of few good deeds, and likewise [that you will be pressed on to the] punishment for your sins.77 Thus [the one who is mindful of God] knows this and fears Him, and does not rely on anythin… »