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« His words, Exalted is He: [104:1] Woe to every backbiter (humaza), [who is] a slanderer (lumaza), Humaza means a ‘backbiter’ (mughtāb), [a word which is used] when a person maligns someone in their absence; lumaza means… »
« protection, to guard or protect. Thus Tustarī compares it in the next line to the spider’s web that protected the Prophet when he was hiding in the cave. »
« tree, lest you become angels or immortals [7:20]. His argument was just a form of deception. Thereby God, Mighty and Majestic is He, inflicted on [Adam] the Adversary’s whispering, in accordance with His pre-eternal know… »
« [55:46] But for whosoever feared the standing [before] their Lord, there will be two gardens, 1 On the word bayān, see above p. 32, n. 105. 2 In his Jāmiʿ al-bayān, Ṭabarī presents a few possible interpretations of what… »
« He [Abū Bakr] said, ‘We were with Sahl at sunset,7 and he said to Aḥmad b. Sālim, leave off manag- ing things, so that we may pray the ʿĪshāʾ prayer in Mecca.8 His words, Exalted is He: [7:33] …And [forbids] that you say… »
« that, O Abū ʿAbd Allāh?” He replied, “Once a brother of mine visited me and I bought him a grilled fish for a small coin. After he had finished eating, I got up [and went] over to the wall of my neighbour and took a piec… »
« Exalted is He, repeatedly mentioned it in a good light?1 Indeed, the Prophet said in a ḥadīth in this regard, ‘Anyone who keeps their company will not be among the wretched.’2 His words: [31:19] …for the most abominabl… »
« Has the moon not been cleft asunder? Is this world not fading into decline? Is it not so, that the race track is set today and the race will be on the morrow?” When we went outside again I said, “O Father, will people ra… »
« heart and, 69–70, 177, 208, 225, 270 Iblīs veiled by God, 42 intellects being veiled from God, 104 knowledge as, xlv n197, 135 of neglect, of desire, 177 from right choice, 221 of servanthood, 32, 43 n16 seven, of self,… »
« the prophets is in knowledge (ʿilm) and waiting for relief (intiẓār al-faraj);72 and the livelihood of the veracious (ṣiddīqūn) is in emulation (iqtidāʾ).73 As for the rest, their livelihood is in food and drink.’ [2:197… »
« on intimate terms with him, even the birds and the beasts. It was related of al-Thawrī that he said, ‘I set off with Shaybān al-Rāʿī towards Mecca and on the way a lion appeared before us, so I said, “O Shaybān, do you n… »
« 268, 273, 274, 276, 277, 284, 299, 303, 318. See also Reckoning; Judgement; Hereafter belief in, 58, 293 n3 retribution, requital (ʿuqūba, qiṣāṣ), 200, 300 and n5. See also recompense; punishment Revelation (as Qurʾān),… »
« reflection; witnessing, contemplative of attributes of lordship, xxxvii, 32 of dominions of heaven and earth (7:185), 79 of creation, 102 of creation through Creator, 102 penetrating, of Prophet during Miʿrāj, 213 Qurʾān… »
« That is, He is the best guarantor of our provisions, and the best Lord. This is as in His words, Exalted is He, Do not take any guardian beside Me [17:2], that is, [do not take any] Lord [beside Me]. His words: [3:187] …… »
« can be reached. Then he was asked, ‘Describe something of it to us’ and he replied: Trust has a thousand ranks, the first of which is the ability to walk on air.15 He was then asked, ‘How does the servant reach that leve… »
« to Muḥammad. See above, the commentary on the poem cited under 2:41, p. 33. 40 Balʿam b. Bāʿūrāʾ (Balaam son of Boer) is not mentioned by name in the Qurʾān, but he is said to be the subject of 7:175–6. According to Thaʿ… »
« Tafsīr al-Tustarī 322 it.’ He said: ‘There is not a friend of God, Exalted is He — [that is], one whose friendship is genuine — who does not attend here on the night before Friday. One night I saw a man here called Mālik… »
« according to that which they have done [6:132]. Regarding the characteristic of the seeker (murīd), he said: The occupation of the seeker is the performance of what is obligatory, seeking forgiveness for sins committed,… »
« His words: [8:19] If [O disbelievers] you were seeking a judgement, the judgement has now come to you… This is because Abū Jahl said on the Day of Badr, ‘O God! Give victory to the best of the two religions with You, and… »
« if what he is granted were to be distributed among the people of Medina, all of them would rejoice at it, and would triumph because of it. Mālik b. Anas alluded to this point when he said, ‘Knowledge is not just about… »
« the Quraysh who were intent on killing him. The two of them hid in a cave, and when their pursuers came by the cave and were about to enter it, they found a spider’s web over the cave’s entrance (also a dove’s nest, righ… »
« 1 His words, Exalted is He: [107:1] Have you seen him who denies the Judgement? He said: That is, the reckoning on the Day when people will be judged. [107:2] That is he who repels the orphan, That is, he turns him away… »
« attestation of, xiii, xxxviii, 103, 115 nn1 and 3, 226, 241 profession of, xiii, li, lv, lx, 21, 43, 44, 45, 48, 89, 145, 178, 191, 216, 224, 246, 252, 278, 293 and n2, 306, 316 realisation of, xiii, xxxi, xxxvi, xliii,… »
« as Muslims [3:102], by which He means ‘as ones who have committed their affairs [to Him].’ The same is implied by His words: The Religion before God is Islam [3:19]. He was asked about His words: [3:92] You will not atta… »