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« bathing on a roof. When David inquired about her he discovered that her husband was Uriah, who was absent at war in a particular garrison which had defeated the enemy. David commanded that Uriah be sent to fight a strong… »
« 1 Sic in both the printed edition and the MSS. On Mount Qāf see above p. 59, n. 29. 2 Added on the basis of all three MSS: Z515, f. 105 a, F638, f. 49b and F3488, f. 283b. 3 Translating bi’l-tawajjuh ilayhi as in all thr… »
« Tafsīr al-Tustarī 404 wahm (conjecture, supposition), xxvii, xlv, xlvii n205, 33, 150 n8 waḥy (revelation), xl, xlvii, 33, 42, 106, 261. See also revelation(s) wajd (ecstasy, deep emotion, intense mystical experience), x… »
« 13 noble characteristics of, xxx, 117 not like anyone, 77 passing of, announced, 314 and poverty, 37 n145, 81, 252 and prayer, 22 n60, 35, 43 n13, 157, 251 propriety (adab) in presence of, 200 and revelation, 5, 186 n1 a… »
« [all good actions]. Know that the best of your actions is prayer, and [indeed] only a believer observes ablution carefully. Whenever the imam says, Nor [the path] of those who go astray [1:7], you should say, ‘Āmīn’, for… »
« a king in pursuit of them, who was seizing every ship by force. Perhaps Tustarī is identifying the king with Satan. Tafsīr al-Tustarī 38 [combatting] the desire (hawā) of his lower self,148 and thus he is in a better sta… »
« 2 Bukhārī, Ṣaḥīḥ, ‘Kitāb al-Daʿwāt’; Muslim, Ṣaḥīḥ, ‘Kitāb al-Dhikr wa’l-duʿāʾ wa’l-tawba’. 3 The section in brackets is added on the basis of all three MSS: Z515, f. 85b–86a, F638, f. 40a and MS F3488, f. 259b and F638… »
« unveiling (mukāshafa / kashf), xxxii, xxxvi, xxxvii, xliii, xlvii n205, xlviii, xlix, 29, 66 n16, 77, 120, 156, 184, 193, 303. See also witnessing, contemplative; vision; veiling ʿuṣr (hardship, 94:5), 293 uṣūl. See aṣl… »
« nn14 and 16, 15, 21, 22, 15, 29, 41, 50, 65 n11, 66, 76 n29, 94, 115 n1, 116, 118, 121, 142, 153, 155, 175, 176, 182, 183, 184, 198, 202, 223, 241, 250, 252, 285 and n4 exemplary (iqtidāʾ), liii, 131and n1 from God, 42 o… »
« lix, 16, 17, 55, 85, 96, 127, 160, 201, 236, 318, 320, 321. See also nature; nafs al-ṭabʿ; nafs al- jibilla; nafs al-ṭabῑʿῑ ʿādat al- (natural habit), 165 jibillat al- (natural disposition), 177 kathīf (dense nature), 17… »
« His words, Exalted is He: [53:13] And verily he saw him another time, He said: That is, in the beginning when God, Glorified and Exalted is He, created him as a light within a column of light (nūran fī ʿamūd al-nūr), a m… »
« His words, Exalted is He: [4:90] …Or those who come to you with their breasts constricted…21 That is, ‘They have become sick at heart because of fighting you and fighting their people, due to their love of safety, and th… »
« (sirr bi-sirr), life with Life itself (ḥayāt bi-ḥayāt) and eternity with Eternity itself (azaliyya bi- azaliyya). But God knows best. »
« n26. See also testimony angels’, 100, 205 to divine oneness, 293 God’s, 43, 234 hearts, to their faith, 77 lower selves’, at Resurrection, 191 witness (shāhid), 276. See also witnessing, contemplative angels as, 276 God… »
« 99 Sahl was asked about the words of the Prophet : ‘The effort of a striving person cannot avail him against You.’ He said: Whoever is assiduous in his quest, but finds his assiduity (jidd) is met by an impediment (manʿ… »
« disciples of Tustarī. See Mystical Vision, p. 84. 9 What is probably meant is that the disciple should not be amazed by this phenomenon, but rather he should see it as being analogous to a rattle that is given to a child… »
« disbelief. He was asked about His words, Abasement and wretchedness were cast upon them [2:61]. He replied: The purpose of these bodies is in the ‘deposits’ (waḍāʾiʿ) that God has placed within them, by which He puts His… »
« He also said: The inscription on the heart is the gift of faith (mawhibat al-īmān) which God bestows upon them before creating them in loins and wombs. Then He reveals a glimpse of the light in the heart, and then He lif… »
« to one of his wives. However, when she divulged it and [then] God apprised him of it, he announced part of it [to her], and passed over part. So when he told her about it, she said, ‘Who told you this?’ He said, ‘I was t… »
« [43:1, 2] Hā, Mīm By the Book that makes things clear. That is, within it He clearly distinguished guidance from error, good from evil, and expounded the bliss of the fortunate (suʿadāʾ) and the misery of the wretched… »
« of hypocrites, 221 limits of, xlvi, 107 locus of knowledge, xlvi nature of, is to have knowledge, 96 overwhelmed by desire and lust, 288 possessors of, 208 purification of, from foolishness, 60 remembrance is livelihood… »
« without knowing the reason for it, or experience sadness without knowing the reason for it. His words, Exalted is He: [20:40] …And We tried you with various ordeals…6 That is, ‘As trials for your natural self (li-nafsika… »
« willingly. However, as for the other two, there is no doing without them, though I try to keep them away from me as much as I can; these are sleep and food.10 His words, Exalted is He: [57:23] So that you may not grieve… »
« pear.6 God showed clemency towards them. His words: [8:69] But [now] enjoy what you took in war, lawful and good… He said: The lawful (ḥalāl) is that in which [a person] does not disobey God, and the good (ṭayyib) is tha… »