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« tion. Oxford, 1995. Knysh, Alexander. Islamic Mysticism: A Short History. Leiden, 2000. Kraus, Paul. ‘Jābir Ibn Ḥayyān.’ In Mémoires de L’Institut d’ Égypte. Cairo, vol. 44 (1942), vol. 45 (1943). Lagarde, Michel. ‘De l’… »
« [95:8], to which the Messenger of God also replied, ‘Yes, O Lord.’ And from the way they understand the Qurʾān [this means]: Is it not sufficient that your Lord, O Muḥammad, has supported you in this world against your… »
« association concerning [God] Himself is unforgivable. But as for the association in a person’s dealing[s], ⸢this is subject to a stern threat (waʿīd shadīd), and it is subject to the divine will (mashīʾat Allāh). He was… »
« and n99, 32, 55 and n10, 201 n4, 202 n10 opposition (mukhālafa), xix, l, 84, 171, 189, 221, 229, 315. See also conformity ostentation (riyāʾ), li, lvi, 53, 71, 91 and n4, 118, 198, 229, 253 P pact (ʿahd, bayʿa), with God… »
« self, Satan and the world can have no access to his heart and mind by means of provocation. Thus did the Prophet say, ‘Yesterday I saw an amazing thing; a servant between whom and God there was a veil, but then when hi… »
« MSS have wahman instead of wahm, and MS F638 has wajadahu which would then make sense of the accusative case for wahm. If, on the other hand, we follow the published edition and read it as: ʿilm nafsihi al-ṭabīʿiyya waḥd… »
« [3:55]. Thus when a person dies, He [God] removes (yanziʿu) from him the subtle substance (laṭīf) of the luminous spiritual self (nafs al-rūḥ al-nūrī) [separating it] from the subtle substance (laṭīf) of the dense natura… »
« bade what I forbid [you]. I am not peculiar (ʿajab) among the messengers. I do not call you to anything except the profession of God’s oneness (tawḥīd), and I do not guide you to anything other than the noblest of ethics… »
« vol. 2, p. 93. 214 Tafsīr al-Tustarī His words, Exalted is He: [53:40] and that his endeavour will be seen,10 He said: That is, his endeavour (saʿī) will be seen, and he will know that it is not worthy of God. He will se… »
« 8 Quḍāʿī, Musnad al-Shihāb, vol. 1, p. 268. 9 lit. ‘We do not ask about our mother’. The ḥadīth is listed in Ibn Ḥanbal, al-Musnad, vol. 5, pp. 211–2; Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-kabīr, vol. 1, p. 235 and vol. 2, p. 286; and… »
« Then he said: God has not placed a burden of service (khidma) upon any of the prophets as great as that which he placed upon our Prophet . Furthermore, there is not a position of service in which God, Exalted is He,… »
« herbage to grow?’ His words, Mighty and Majestic is He: [80:34] the day when a man will flee from his [own] brother,3 [such as] Abel from Cain, Muḥammad from his uncle, Abraham from his father, Lot from his wife, a… »
« strength (quwwa) and devising (tadbīr), and saw their display of neediness for Him, and [their admission that] they had no means without Him, He responded to them with His words, Ah, but surely God’s help is nigh. Sahl f… »
« 226 Index III: Subjects and Technical Terms 403 universal (ʿāmm / ʿāmma), 88. See also generality unlawful (ḥarām), xxvii, lviii, 2, 4, 29, 36, 41, 80, 137, 181, 229. See also forbidden uns (intimacy, intimate companions… »
« He said: That is, they do not associate partners along with Him. This is as in the saying narrated from the Prophet , ‘They are my nation and, by the Lord of the Kaʿba, they remained on the straight path and did not com… »
« is no god but You; I ask Your forgiveness and I repent to you;” he is forgiven for his participation in that company.’ The ḥadīth is recorded as sound by Abū Dāwūd, Nasāʾī, Ibn Ḥibbān and Tirmidhī. 206 Tafsīr al-Tustarī… »
« sufficient — he [Abū Jahl] made it self evident that he considered himself to have no need of either [God or His Prophet]. [92:10] We shall surely ease his way to hardship, That is, We shall facilitate work[s] (ʿamal) fo… »
« 1 His words, Exalted is He: [35:6] …He [Satan] only summons his adherents… That is, Satan summons to him those who obey him among the people of whims (ahwāʾ), innovations (bidaʿ) and abberations (ḍalālāt), along with tho… »
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« same way that He dealt with Iblīs. God cursed him with the lights of His protection (bi-anwār ʿiṣmatihi) such that he was always in reality under His curse, but God veiled him from what had been foreordained [for him] fr… »
« which might be translated as ‘attainment’. 9 This is a reference to the three men who wavered and failed to support the Prophet on the expedition of Tabūk. Such was their sense of regret afterwards that not only did the… »
« [89:1–4] He said: The inner meaning of [the verses] is [the following: By the dawn [89:1] refers to Muḥammad , from whom the lights of faith, the lights of acts of obedience and the lights of the two worlds of existence… »
« al-Ḥārith did not say that by himself, rather God brought that out [of him] as a test (fitna) for all those pretentious people (muddaʿūn) who came after him. So how then is it acceptable for these people to claim such th… »
« is that?’ He said, ‘You bumped into a woman.’ He said, ‘By God, I did not notice her.’ Jesus said ‘Glory be to God! Your body is with me but where is your heart?’ He said, ‘It is attached to the Throne, and if my heart w… »