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« ing something. When he finished his prayer he was asked, ‘Did you drink during the prayer?’ To which he answered: By God, if I had not experienced its taste when I recited it as if I was drinking it, I would not have act… »

« al-Malik (the King), 18, 175. See also name(s), of God manʿ (hindering, impediment, withholding), by / from God, 99, 146 maʿnā / maʿnan pl. maʿānῑ (meaning, significance, a ‘particular thing’, understanding) 25, 220, 222… »

« believing that all is well with them (here the lights of divine protection), until the reality of that which has been fore- ordained for them is manifested. See above the commentary on 2:41, p. 20, n. 47 and n. 48 on mak… »

« God, Exalted is He, it comes under the rule of the heart (qalb), the intellect (ʿaql), the spiritual self (nafs al-rūḥ),6 and the body in obedience, for the remembrance of God, Exalted is He. 1 Sūrat Barāʾa is an alterna… »

« 2 According to one of the traditions cited by Ṭabarī, the night here refers to the ‘Night of Assembly’, which is said to signify the assembly of Muzdalifa. Muzdalifa (also known as Mashʿar) is a place approximately halfw… »

« He [Sahl] was asked, ‘And how is that?’ He replied: If a servant is maintaining [true] obedience to God, he will be in a state of remembrance (dhākir), but when something occurs to his mind, he will be in a state of seve… »

« al-Ṣabūr (the Forbearing), 243 sacrifice, 312 for Eid after Hajj, 132. See also Hajj of Ishmael, 62, 165 and n4, 192 prayer as, for mindful of God, 133 ṣadaqa (charity), 135, 149, 161. See also zakāt; almsgiving ṣadr pl.… »

« Compassionate, the (al-Raḥmān), 8, 9 and n40. See also name(s), of God complaint/ complaining (shakwa), 97, 98, 192 n4, 254 n3 God’s, to David, 272 patience without, 192, 247 and n2 conceit (ʿujb, ightirār), 53, 75, 321.… »

« its other meaning, derived from the verb ʿ-ṣ-r, of ‘pressing out’, as in the juice of grapes, olives, etc. 2 According to Lane, the word dahr signifies time, usually of a long or unlimited duration, or from the beginning… »

« independent from the dense natural self. Do you not see that God, Exalted is He, addressed everyone while still in a molecular form,12 by virtue of the existence of the spiritual self, the understanding of the intellect,… »

« 50 in the Prophet, 117, 213 testimony of, 227 lover(s) (muḥibb, aḥibbāʾ) Index III: Subjects and Technical Terms 381 of God, 24, 34, 149 n6, 238, 307 loving mystics (ʿārifūn muḥibbūn), 40 those who love each other for Go… »

« you especially for Me.’ Thus, these hearts are wanderers (jawwāla); they either circumambulate the Throne, or they wander [aimlessly] in the dry fodder (ḥashsh) [of the desert wilderness.]16 His words, Exalted is He: [19… »

« He said: It means, ‘Be patient with the patience (ṣabr) of the people of gnosis (ahl al-maʿrifa), just as those of firm resolve (ūlū’l-ʿazm) among the messengers showed patience, a patience which is [one of] contentment… »

« 311 sincerest (anṣaḥ), towards God’s creatures, li, 64 and n2 sincerity (ikhlāṣ, naṣīḥa), xx, xxx, xxxviii, xl, xliii, li and n4, liii, lv, lix, 5, 10, 22 n61, 24, 44, 51, 55, 64 and n2, 78, 83, 88, 101, 120, 138, 153 an… »

« love of the world (ḥubb al-dunyā) and the love of [base] desire (ḥubb al-hawā). It is called ‘good’ (khayr) due to the conception of it that is held by its adherents. However [in reality] the good is only in three things… »

« 4 The Arabic here is: man ʿarafanī arādanī. The former verb (ʿarafa) could also have the meaning ‘has gnosis of ’, or ‘rec- ognises’ or ‘acknowledges’ Me, while the second verb (arāda) could also imply ‘aspires towards’… »

« 305. See also manāzil; station(s) aʿẓam al- (greatest station), 243, 255 maqt (abhorrence, by God), 67, 168, 176 maʿrifa (knowledge, cognicence, recognition), 26, 39 and n158, 131, 171, 183. See also ʿilm maʿrifa pl. maʿ… »

« [21:105] Indeed the land shall be inherited by My righteous servants. He said: He associated them with Himself and He graced them with the adornment of virtue (ṣalāḥ). What is implied by this is: ‘Nothing is acceptable t… »

« iʿtiṣām (taking refuge), in God, 318. See also iltijāʾ; lujūʾ; refuge ittibāʿ (following), Muḥammad, 184, 233. See also iqtidāʾ; Sunna; emulation: of Prophet ittiṣāl (conjunction, union, spiritual attainment), xlix, 19,… »

« 8 The term charismatic gift is used here to translate karāma, designating the miracle of a mystic or friend of God, as op- posed to muʿjiza, which is applied to the miracles of prophets. On this subject, see above IT, p.… »

« beyond the blessings and delights of Paradise, as being: ‘life with Life itself ’, and ‘permanent subsistence with Permanent Subsistence itself ’. 15 »

« 85 His words, Exalted is He: [9:111] Indeed God has purchased from the believers their selves and their possessions, so that theirs will be [the reward of] Paradise… That is, He has purchased [one’s] self from the desire… »

« He was renowned for his compositions in the rajaz meter. ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib (d. 40/660). The cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet, married to his daughter Fāṭima. He was one of the first to embrace Islam and held the offi… »

« ādāb), spiritual, xvi, xxxviii, xlixff, 74, 81, 134, 135, 136, 255, 266. See also discipline in Abraham, 143 appropriate to intimacy (uns), 101 as backbone of religion, li, 59 codes of, 255 defined, 76 discussed, xlixff,… »