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« staff of, 124 stone oven of, 92 and n6 and words learnt from God, 18 ʿAdī b. Thābit al-Anṣārī, 132, 324 Aḥmad b. Mattā (also Mattā b. Aḥmad), xxx n16, 117, 158 and nn9–10 Aḥmad b. Sālim, xix, xxii, xxiii, 72, 132, 324, 3… »
« 180 n2, 184, 187, 202, 205, 207, 209, 222, 242 n1, 243, 248, 272, 297, 321. See also attributes, of God and compassion, 8, 9 n40 essence of, 223 upon the heart, 155 obedient laugh with, 214 of one brought near, liv, 78 o… »
« him.9 Ibn ʿAbbās said: In this verse [is a reference to] the lower self of a human being [lit. son of Adam] ⸢and his eye (wa ʿaynuhu)⸣.10 8 Bukhārī, Ṣaḥīḥ, ‘Kitāb al-Ṭibb’. 9 In his commentary on this verse, Ṭabarī inc… »
« a name from among His names and made it the name of His Prophet , and He derived from the end of the name of His Prophet the name of His prophet Adam .8 Thus He says: That is because God is the Patron [or Friend] of… »
« may be that when a person supplicates, he asks for something that will lead to his ruin without realising it. Do you not see that God, Exalted is He, says, And man prays for ill as [avidly] as he prays for good? The one… »
« Tafsīr al-Tustarī He said: 260 It is related from al-Musayyib that he said, ‘It is a spring situated to the right of the Throne, [which flows forth] from a reed-like ruby.’ Sahl said: God drew the attention of His believ… »
« Muʿādh b. Jabal al-Khazrajī (d. ca 18/639–40). An early convert to Islam who was noted for his memorisation of the Qurʾān and his extensive knowledge of fiqh. He was appointed governor of Yemen by the Prophet and died in… »
« just as the father promises good things (khayr) for his son.”’ His words, Exalted is He: [25:28] Oh woe is me! Would that I had not taken so and so as a friend! He said: The soundest friendship is that which does not lea… »
« [61:2] You who believe, why do you say [you will do] what you do not do? [Sahl] said: Truly God warns His servants about making claims that they do not substantiate. Such claims require of [the servant] that from this da… »
« Then Sahl said: Whoever eats what is permissible (ḥalāl) with gluttony is persistent (muṣirr), and whoever preoccupies himself with what the morrow may bring before the morrow arrives is persistent. He was asked about th… »
« clarifying word, e.g. See also secret, innermost, as opposed to secret, inner truth. In some cases, when the reader might find both / all entries useful, the entry is listed without clarification. Colons are used to indi… »
« as way of life, 23 peace (salām) 144, 297. See also peace, spirit of abode of, 67, 88 greetings / words of, 24, 33, 78, 92, 140, 144 making, 201 as name of God, 56 profound peace of mind/ heart (iṭminān / ṭumaʾnīna), xlv… »
« His words, Exalted is He: [105:1] Have you not considered the way in which your Lord dealt with the Men of the Elephant? 1 He said: ‘Do you not know how your Lord dealt with your enemies while you had not yet appeared in… »
« its adornment is hubris (tafākhur), its fruits are transgressions (maʿāṣī) and [in] its scales [of recompense] (mīzān) are severity (qaswa) and punishment (ʿuqūba).5 His words: [39:38] [Say] ‘…If God should desire some h… »
« Kharaqānī, Abū al-Ḥasan, xvii n19, 90 n10 Kharrāz, Abū Saʿīd al-, lvi n256, 8, 327, 330 Khiḍr, 17, 37 n147 Khurasan, 58, 61 n6, 325, 330 Khūzistān, xv Korah (Qārūn), liv, 148 and nn7 and 10 Kufa, 92 n6, 245, 324, 325, 32… »
« inner sense, meanings / aspects (bāṭin), of Qurʾān. See meaning(s) inner world, of human being, xli n157, lix, 226 n3 innermost secret. See secret, innermost innovation(s) (bidʿa pl. bidaʿ), 28, 29, 36, 59, 69, 72, 101,… »
« to tempt those who have awareness of their state, than with those who are worshipping without consciousness of their state. This is explained in the continuation of Tustarī’s commentary on this verse. »
« When they see it they say, ‘What he gets from the world is not a blessing for him.’ Then they say, ‘O Lord! You keep the world away from Your believing servant and expose him to affliction!’2 And He says to the angels, ‘… »
« the dowry is showing his sincere intentions towards the woman he is marrying, while the word niḥla is derived from the root n-ḥ-l meaning to give a gift. 3 This saying appears in Bayhaqī, Shuʿab al-īmān, vol. 5, p. 452.… »
« and God, Exalted is He, without any intermediary, due to his love of pondering and reflection, in reverent awareness (iʿtibār) of the omnipotence of his Lord, so that he attained an increase from God most High, just as H… »
« 7 The section in brackets was added on the basis of all three MSS: Z515, f. 141b, F638, f. 70b and F3488, f. 325a. However, both Z515 and F3488 are missing the first mention of shirk fī dhātihi ʿazza wa jalla wa shirk… »
« He said: It is a pouring down of the subtlety of His meanings (luṭf maʿānīhi), represented by water. Then We split the earth [80:26] which is the heart, in fissures [80:26] and grow in it flowers of differ- ent colours,… »
« entrusted him with the secret knowledge of all the events preceding the Day of Judgement. A number of ḥadīth are related on his authority. Ibn ʿAbbās, ʿAbd Allāh (d. 68/687–8). A cousin and close Companion of the Prophet… »
« of what is in the scrolls of Moses…? 11 i.e. he will see that it is worth nothing in the face of God. Or it could mean, he will see who (namely God) is entitled to his endeavour. 215 »