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« is He, and [agreed]: ‘Let us declare His oneness and not worship anyone except Him.’ The basis of worship is the profession of God’s oneness (tawḥīd) along with living according to what is lawful, while avoiding the harm… »

« glory (majd), xxxi, 8, 12 grace, graciousness (faḍl, luṭf), xxi, xl, 12, 14, 50, 85, 270 ineffability, xxx, lx ipseity (huwiyya), xxxvii, 32 justice (ʿadl), 27, 44 kindness (raʾfa), 23 light (nūr), xlvii, 42, 47. See als… »

« you have captured him, but if you do not know that he is the enemy then he has captured you. The similitude of the servant, the Enemy and the world is that of the hunter, the bird and the grain. The hunter is Satan (Iblī… »

« comment is in accordance with the Sufi teaching that true mystics do not have any hope or desire for the delights of Paradise; their only desire is to attain the unmediated experiential knowledge or beholding of God, oth… »

« al-ʿAzīz (Almighty), 175 al-Bāqī (the Everlasting, the Permanently Subsistent), xxxvi, 221, 290 al-Baṣīr (the Seeing, Seer, God as), 236 al-Bāṭin (the Hidden), 220 Bestower of benefit (al-Nāfiʿ) 103 Creator (al-Khāliq ),… »

« whose name will be the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary.’ Mary asks, ‘My Lord, how can I have a son when no man has touched me?’ and the verse above is the answer that is given to her. »

« His words, Exalted is He: [12:86] …I complain of my anguish and grief only to God… That is, ‘My anxiety (hamm) and sorrow (ḥuzn)’. Sahl said: Jacob’s grief was not over Joseph, but it [his grief] was an expression of the… »

« fear and hope are like the two wings of the bird of faith; unless it has both wings it cannot fly. In his commentary on 17:57 below Tustarī also cites a ḥadīth emphasising the need to balance fear and hope. »

« ‘Is there anyone to ask for the kindness of the Maker?’ When did the lapping [of a dog] defile an ocean of love? So ignore the barking of that wretched creature at my porch O ego along with Satan! Be off! And likewise th… »

« 12:67 97 15:94 106 9:71 84 12:76 83 15:97, 98 106 351 Index I: Qurʾānic Citations 9:73 l, 84 15:99 88 352 Tafsīr al-Tustarī Sura: Verse Page Sura: Verse Page Sura: Verse Page 16:8 xlvi, 107–8 18:18 115 and n3, 20:88 17 1… »

« before them among their kin, as He addressed the Prophet  with what was in reality directed to his nation [as a whole] with His words: O Prophet! When you [men] divorce women, divorce them by their prescribed period [65… »

« God’s commandments will be ruined. Indeed, the commandments of God, Exalted is He, are bitter whereas the desire of the lower self is sweet. Its similarity is none other than the likeness of delicious foods which contain… »

« righteousness, 26, 28, 191, 215, 224, 301, 318. See also righteous defined, 27 n80, 60, 152 is faith, 28 right(s) (ḥaqq pl. ḥuqūq) duty given precedence over, 108 of God, 85, 166, 173, 200, 265, 303 observing, of others’… »

« al-tabʿ), for the natural self, along with the understanding of the intellect (fahm al-ʿaql) and the discernment of the heart (fiṭnat al-qalb),4 will each have their witness, while God is the ever-present Witness (al-Sha… »

« inward kind is a commotion (ḥaraka) and perturbation (iḍṭirāb) [within] the soul (nafs) in 1 On these levels of understanding see Mystical Vision, pp. 226–7. According to Makkī, the ‘Days of God’ refer to ‘God’s hidden b… »

« ‘No, we have not.’ He said, ‘Indeed you have said it and confirmed it.’ Then he said, ‘Do you not uphold what you affirmed with regard to your belief in God, His angels, Books, messengers, Paradise, Hell and the Resurrec… »

« on the advice of a Christian monk, in order to search for the Prophet who was to restore the religion of Abraham. On this journey he was sold as a slave to a Jew of Medina by his Bedouin guides. Having converted to Islam… »

« a right to it than himself.13 His words, Exalted is He: [12:88] …They said, ‘O mighty Governor, misfortune has befallen us and our family.’…14 That is, ‘O great king’, and its inner meaning is: ‘O you, the one who has co… »

« ‘All bodies exist [only] through God, Mighty and Majestic is He.’ Then he recited the following lines [in the basīṭ metre]: O Beloved, replenish [my longing]! May the water of longing pour down upon you from the rain clo… »

« His words, Exalted is He: [65:2] …By this is admonished whoever believes in God and the Last Day… He said: Only a believer accepts admonition. Moreover, an admonition only issues from a sound heart (qalb salīm) that is f… »

« F638, f. 38a, ittihām, which would translate as doubt, suspicion or uncertainty, either of which would be feasible in the context. F3488, f. 255b, however, has ījāb, which would translate as ‘compliance’ or ‘necessity’,… »

« ‘What is Paradise to us when we have devoted ourselves solely to [Him] because of a special understanding (maʿnā) which has been [granted] to us from Him? We do not want anything save Him — that is the only good life (ḥa… »

« holding a] bad opinion (sūʾ al-ẓann).”’7 He replied: The meaning of this is [that protection from people] is [gained by holding a] bad opinion of yourself, not of other people. In other words, accuse your own self for no… »

« is nearer than ḥabl al-warīd, 86 overseer of all things, 29 perceives what is in conscience of all creatures, 42 protection. See protection, of God taking care of (His servants, creatures) (tawallī, riʿāya), 40, 192, 194… »