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« [of a person]. His words, Exalted is He: [55:17] He is Lord of the two risings and Lord of the two settings. He said: Its inner meaning refers to the rising of the heart and its setting, the rising of the tongue and its… »
« Sahl was asked to clarify this further, and he said: Truly all the sciences are the lowest categories of worship (taʿabbud). The sum of all worship is only the lowest category of scrupulous piety (waraʿ). The sum of all… »
« His words, Exalted is He: [32:5] He directs the command from the heaven to the earth… He said: He reveals to His servants from His knowledge1 that which is a means of guidance (hudā) and salvation (najāt) for them. The p… »
« [2:161] …Upon them shall be the curse of God… This means that their lot is banishment (ṭard) from the mercy of God, and alienation. In this manner, every accursed one is banished. [2:166] …and the cords are cut away befo… »
« do not attend the reckoning (ḥisāb), or experience any of the horrors [of the day]. They are those of whom God, Exalted is He, says, they will be kept away from it [21:101].9 And indeed the Prophet said: ‘Verily, the f… »
« or wishes) used in the verse; the murād is the one who is desired [by God]. This is an example of the kind of Sufi inter- pretation that arises from what Böwering has termed a ‘Qurʾānic keynote’, a ‘word or phrase of a p… »
« See also sirr; secret, innermost Satan, xxxv, xli, 13, 17, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 37 n147, 49, 55, 82, 122, 127, 133, 134, 153, 161, 170, 212, 224, 257, 273, 298, 300, 320–1. See also Iblīs; Enemy tempts Adam, 16 whispe… »
« Watt, Montgomery. ‘Early Discussions about the Qurʾān.’ Muslim World 40 (1950), pp. 21–40 and 96– 105. ———. ‘Dahr.’ EI2. Vol. ii, p. 94. ———. The Formative Period of Islamic Thought. Edinburgh, 1973. ———. Free Will and P… »
« His words, Exalted is He: [34:39]1 Say, ‘My Lord extends provision to whomever He wills of His servants, and restricts it for him…’ He said: Provision (rizq) is of two kinds: a provision that is remembrance [providing no… »
« who, according to tradition, chose to live their lives in a portico or vestibule of the mosque in Medina, only leaving when they were commanded by the Prophet to go and fight. For Sufis in particular, they exemplified th… »
« He said: Is he who is bent over [in pursuit] of the desire of his lower self, due to its natural disposition, and who is without guidance from his Lord, better guided? [67:22] …or one who walks upright on a straight way?… »
« performance of obligatory acts is a branch (farʿ) of faith. Mindfulness of God (taqwā) signifies the Sunna, and an obligatory act is not complete without the Sunna. He prohibited helping one another to sin (ithm) — which… »
« their bodies to the vigour (ḥīl) in their innermost secrets (asrār).6 Then they move from state (ḥāl) to state, and from knowledge (ʿilm) to knowledge, so that they are constantly increasing in the knowledge of that whic… »
« His words, Exalted is He: [55:4] and taught him [coherent] speech (bayān).1 He said: This means: He has taught him [mankind] speech (kalām) which pertains to the spiritual self (nafs al-rūḥ), understanding of the intelle… »
« Tafsīr al-Tustarī 26 Someone said to him, ‘Truly, the reasons for people’s mindfulness of God vary.’ He affirmed this and added, ‘Just as their deeds vary.’ Abū Bakr [al-Sijzī] then said, ‘I mentioned that it is confirme… »
« hearts’ witnessing is in proportion to how much they safeguard their bodily members. Then he said: Keep a check on your hearts. We are created and our Creator is with us. Do not tire in your works, for truly God watches… »
« His words, Exalted is He: [102:3] Nay indeed! You will come to know. Sahl said: The one who turned away from Me shall come to know that he will not find any like Me. Then he cited the following verse [in the wāfir metre]… »
« confounded in his heart at what has happened to him. God, Exalted is He, has said: When the earth seemed straightened for them, for all its breadth [9:118].9 His words: [9:108] …In it are men who love to purify themselve… »
« His words, Exalted is He: [69:1, 2] The sure Reality! What is the Reality? He said: Indeed, God, Exalted is He, has magnified the circumstances of the Day of Resurrection and the severity (shidda) of it by the inclusio… »
« xlvi, liv, 44, 50, 66, 125, 132, 146, 148, 165, 194, 290, 299. See also favour; grace / graciousness; attributes, of God faḍl (surplus), 74 fahm (understanding), xxvii, xliii, xliv–xlv, 2, 7, 12, 25, 33, 42, 77, 102, 143… »
« 5 The most widely accepted tradition is that the ūlū’l-ʿazm are not twelve but five in number mentioned in Sūrat al-Aḥzāb, 7–8 and al-Shūrā, 13: Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muḥammad. Tustarī has not mentioned here Mo… »
« equivalent to ṭabʿ. On Tustarī’s teachings concerning different levels of the nafs, see IT, pp. xliff. 31 i.e. his thinking about how much better it would be if he were to live forever in Paradise. In Sufi writings, huma… »
« omits the word ʿilm, which in any case should have been in the accusative. 18 Tafsīr al-Tustarī is saying]: ‘He [man] should not concern himself with anything other than Me’. Adam was not protected from the desire (him… »
« In response, his companion reminds him of his lowly origin and that God has fashioned him, and he then expresses the admonition of the above verse, continuing by warning the man that God might grant him (the speaker) a b… »