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« pre-ordained mercy as, in Muḥammad, 88 wealth as, 74 desire, earnest (ṭamaʿ), 223 and n11, 275. See also longing desire (hamm / himma, hawā), xxvii, xl, xli, xlii, 4, 14, 16 n26, 17, 18, 19, 22, 27, 29, 38, 45, 67, 117,… »
« context of Abraham and Jacob addressing their sons and telling them that God has chosen for them the true religion, whereas the second instance of the command to die in submission to God [3:102] follows the rigorous comm… »
« straight path (ṣirāṭ mustaqīm), 1, 10, 11, 69, 71, 88, 177, 178, 182, 191, 241, 268 straying from, xlvi, 194 of Sunna, 240 two (90:10), 180, 285 and n4 patience (ṣabr), xxix, liv, lix, 16, 21, 25, 28, 49, 95 n3, 108 and… »
« That is, do not exceed the limits in your religion through innovations (bidaʿ), or by deviating from the truth, which is the Book, the Sunna and consensus (ijmāʿ), by inclining towards the desire of your lower selves. An… »
« and 3, 89, 91, 92, 100, 103, 108, 109, 110, 112, 125, 131, 137, 139, 154, 159, 168, 178, 191, 194, 197, 200, 207, 215, 220, 223, 224 and n1, 229, 234, 247, 255, 259, 267, 277 n3, 281, 286, 290, 293 nn2–3, 311, 314, 319.… »
« belongs to God, Exalted is He’; the Aware — He informs you of what is [hidden for] you in the unseen (fī ghaybik). His words, Exalted is He: [67:15] It is He who has made the earth tractable for you… He said: God, Exalte… »
« He said: According to Ibn ʿAbbās , al-falaq means the morning (ṣubḥ) while according to al-Ḍaḥḥāk it refers to a valley in the Hellfire. [On the other hand], according to Wuhayb5 it refers to a chamber in Hell, and acco… »
« Abraham seeking increase in, xlviii, 29–30 being endowed with, 60, 163 discussed, xlviii–xlix, 19–20, 51–2 eye of (ʿayn al-yaqīn), xlviii, xlix and n209, 19 and n44, 20 and n53, 25 n76 and faith, xlviii, lvi–lvii, 19, 20… »
« worked for You, and You alone did we desire.’ He will say to them, ‘You have spoken the truth.’ And by His Might, His words of testimony affirming their veracity are a greater source of joy to them than the bliss of Para… »
« commandments and prohibitions. Then He called them all to affirm His lordship, with His words, Exalted is He: ‘Am I not your Lord?’ Then He manifested His omnipotence [to them], so They said: ‘Yes, we testify’ [7:172].25… »
« n22, 184, 213, 257. See also light(s) baṣar al-qalb (light of heart’s insight), 133 baṣīrat al-yaqīn (light of insight of certainty), xliv, 3 al-ῑmān, 225 and n3 al-maʿrifa (of gnosis), xlii, 132, 184 al-qalb (light of t… »
« self, lower (nafs), xiii, passim. See also self, other entries abasing and debasing, 241 annihilation of, 55 controlling of, xlix cravings of, 127 fifth of seven veils, 135 of gnosis, xli, 96 God’s purchasing of, 85 hard… »
« He [Sahl] said: He ordered them to seek help from God in keeping God’s commandments, so that they might enforce what is contained within them, take a firm hold on them and a firm stand against any breach of them, and sho… »
« is what He has commanded, from the path of evil, which is what He has prohibited? Yet they inclined towards the desire of their lower selves, just as when They [the messengers] said: “The evil omen is within yourselves [… »
« 3 Āl ʿImrān 49 This means their being purified (takhlīṣ)42 from the blemishes of sins, just as they devoted themselves purely to Him (akhlaṣū lahu) in deed, which was [their] striving (jihād) in the way of God; …and effa… »
« His words, Exalted is He: [70:4] To Him ascend the angels and the spirit (rūḥ)… He said: The angels ascend with the deeds of the children of Adam, as does the spirit, which is the intuition of the self (dhihn al-nafs).1… »
« for anyone else during them. And by the night when it passes away [89:4], [refers to] the Prophet’s nation and the ‘great blackness’ (sawād aʿẓam), as [was mentioned by the Prophet when] he said, ‘On the night I was ta… »
« conjecture (wahm) and interpretation (tafsīr). But the one who is closest (aqrab) is beyond understanding, conjecture and interpretation, and what is beyond that cannot be contained by expression (ʿibāra) or allusion (is… »
« [from God].14 here is simply that Pharaoh’s wife was moved with love for him, rescued him from the river and adopted him. 6 In verses 20:38–40 God is recounting to Moses episodes in his past life. The nature of the ordea… »
« is the case for the offences committed by people of this world against others of this world, so how will it be for the people of the Hereafter when it comes to God’s grievances [against them]? Concerning His words: [2:28… »
« 1 His words, Exalted is He: [96:6, 7] Nay, but man verily is wont to transgress the bounds ( when he sees himself as self- sufficient) He said: That is, the [mere] sight of one’s wealth (ruʾyat al-ghinā) brings about [a… »
« It means that even if it [the soul] were to bring the sum of all good actions great and small, in abundance or just a few, none of this will be accepted from it on its arrival on the Day of Resurrection, nor anything fro… »
« Tafsīr al-Tustarī 118 Sahl was asked, ‘What is the best thing that a servant can be given?’ He said: Knowledge by which he increases in his sense of utter neediness (iftiqār) for God, Mighty and Majestic is He. His words… »
« which feeds the Pool (al-ḥawḍ), at which the believers, on entering Paradise, will quench their thirst. See al-Ghazālī, Iḥyāʾ ʿulūm al-dīn, Kitāb Dhikr al-mawt, trans. Winter, pp. 217–8. Note that Tustarī identifies al-K… »