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« Every person who affirms God’s oneness should know for a certainty that not everyone who loves God (Ḥaqq) is loved by Him, for Iblīs encountered Him with the ⸢outward sign⸣9 of love and said, ‘Shall I prostrate before on… »
« ʿAwn b. ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿUtba b. Masʿūd (d. 115/733). A narrator of ḥadīth from among the generation of Followers, he was also known as a preacher, an expert on genealogy and a poet. Of Medinan origin, he later settled in… »
« f. 51b and F3488, f. 287b) appear to have a-lā wa-inna al-dunyā qad ādanat bi’l-firāq, instead of a-lā wa-inna al-dunyā qad adbarat. 4 The words of this verse are repeated in verses 22, 32 and 40. 216 »
« middle, 35 and n126 prescribed time of, 310 qunūt, 35 rakʿa (cycle of prayer), 33, 78 Tustarī’s state before and during, xxi, 222 witr, 35 should be that of bidding farewell, 139, 321 sincerity in, 150 of Solomon, liv so… »
« 1 lit. ‘there is not a place where the earth bears him, nor a place where the sky shades him…’ All the MSS (Z515, f. 118a, F638, f. 55b and F3488, f. 293b) have taḥmilahu instead of tuqillahu and innamā instead of illā i… »
« the spell [cast against him] possessed him and the Prophet became affected by it, so God sent down the two sūras of seeking refuge (muʿawwidhatayn),7 and the Angel Gabriel informed him of the magic spell. Then he sen… »
« corresponding to the veins and arteries. See Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ, Rasāʾil Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ wa khullān al-wafāʾ (Beirut, 1957), vol. 3, p. 380–2; and Seyyed H. Nasr, An Introduction to Islamic Cosmological Doctrines (London, 1… »
« 1 This is relating the story of Moses as an infant, when his mother had been commanded to put him into the river, and when Pharaoh’s wife took him up and requested of Pharaoh that they adopt him. Moses’ mother sent his s… »
« al-ammāra bi’l-sūʾ), which is only bent on its own pleasures (ḥuẓūẓ) and cravings (munā), without having any regard for guidance from God.21 Sahl was asked about God’s words: [2:25] …They shall be given it [the fruits] i… »
« al-alif, p. 53; English trans., Bell as A Treatise on Mystical Love, p. 133. For the numerous ḥadīths commenting on 7:172 see Ṭabarī, Jāmiʿ al-bayān, vol. 13, pp. 222–50; also idem, Tārīkh al-rusul wa’l-mulūk (Cairo, 196… »
« with wasīla. On this term see p. 155, n. 4. An example of waṣīla will be seen in Tustarī’s commentary on 57:20. 4 lit. ‘substances’, and we might understand it to mean: ‘knows things according to their true meaning or si… »
« bayān kathīr min al-aḥādīth al-mushtahira ʿala’l-alsina, ed. ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad al-Ṣādiq. Beirut, 1979. Samʿānī, ʿAbd al-Karīm b. Muḥammad al-. Kitāb al-Ansāb. Facsimile edition. Leiden, 1912. Samʿānī, Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥm… »
« edition. MS F638, f. 33a is faded and not entirely clear, but appears to read rafaʿa laka. 15 MSS Z515, f. 72a and F3488, f. 243b appear to have yaḥṣula here, while MS F638, f. 33b has yuḥassila, either of which might be… »
« Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq gave of his soul and wealth with all his effort, and was on his guard against acquiescing in his natural self. He affirmed the truth of the best [word] — the word which attests to the divine oneness… »
« See also daʿwā (claim); claim(s) muḍṭarr (destitute person), 145 muḥādatha ([intimate] conversation), 120. See also munājāt; intimacy Muḥammadan Light. See Light, Muḥammadan muḥāsaba (reckoning, calling [oneself]/ being… »
« He said: That is, [they give] alms both to those who ask for them and to those who do not ask. Ḥasan al-Baṣrī said: In my time I came across people among whom [it was the custom for] the man to adjure his family never to… »
« His words, Exalted is He: [109:1] Say, ‘O disbelievers! He said: The mentioning of the [command] Say, is merely in response to the request put [to the Prophet ] by the disbelievers, ‘Worship our god for a month and we… »
« his right hand. There is no happiness, no joy, and no rapture that ever descended on a servant greater than that which will descend on him on that day. And he will say above the heads of the crowds what God, Exalted is H… »
« 16 and n26, 17, 18, 20, 27 n83, 29, 38, 47, 50, 51, 60, 91, 105, 122 and n21, 128, 138, 148 n9, 180, 200, 209, 214, 224, 240, 255, 300, 305. See also sin(s) disposition, natural (ṭabʿ). See nature divine attributes. See… »
« 115 islām, īmān and iḥsān, 52 n54, 103 and n5, 166 n12. See also ῑmān; iḥsān (excellence) islām (submission, surrender), lv, 56, 97, 158, 202 n13, 221 n14. See also istislām; taslῑm; submission; peace (salām) and ῑmān, 1… »
« or seventh heaven) directly above the Kaʿba, and is visited each day by seventy thousand angels, who circumambulate it and perform prayers there, but do not return. 2 Muslim, Ṣaḥīḥ, ‘Kitāb al-Īmān’. This ḥadīth is among… »
« the heart will become oblivious of it [the recitation], and he will not witness anything besides his Master. Consequently Satan will become one of his captives. Do you not see how if a servant is inattentive (sahā) in hi… »
« 1953), p. 78; English trans. J. W. Meri as A Lonely Wayfarer’s Guide to Pilgrimage (Princeton, 2004), p. 200. 7 This is a reference to Noah’s flood. 8 Regarding the light of other prophets being derived from Muḥammad’s l… »
« fuʾād pl. af ʾida (heart), 105, 189 as heart’s core, 32 furqān (Criterion), 81–2, 139 G Gabriel, Angel, 5, 13, 35, 66 and n13, 92, 95, 96, 135, 163, 173 and n15, 282, 318. See also angel(s) ḥadῑth of (ḥadῑth Jibrῑl), lvi… »