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« and the intellect gain the upper hand, and desire and lust are vanquished. His words: [49:12] …Shun much suspicion… He said: That is, ‘Do not discredit anyone [by holding] a bad opinion (sūʾ al-ẓann) about them without [… »
« burning bush and at Mount Sinai. The former incident is narrated more fully in 20:10–6, 27:7–9 and 28:29–30, while the theophany at Mount Sinai is recounted in 7:142–6. 7 A similar configuration of the spiritual psycholo… »
« His words, Exalted is He: [88:2] Some faces on that day will be humbled, That is, [they will face] humiliation (dhalīla), because God, Exalted is He, had ordered them to submit, become humble, and show neediness towards… »
« companion [carrying the scroll with writing on it], ‘Show me [what is in your scroll]’ and he shows him, [and he sees] that there are no mistakes, not even as to a letter.14 His words: [33:71] He will rectify your deeds… »
« Indeed it is your antagonist who is cut off, from the good of both abodes.4 1 lit. ‘cut off ’ (abtar). 2 The MSS are at variance concerning the form of the verb here: MSS Z515, f. 142a has tuʿazzīhi. While F3488, f. 35… »
« Karamustafa, Ahmet T. Sufism: The Formative Period. Edinburgh, 2007. Keeler, Annabel. Sufi Hermeneutics: The Qurʾān Commentary of Rashīd al-Dīn Maybudī. Oxford, 2006. Tafsīr al-Tustarī 340 ———. ‘Sufi tafsīr as a Mirror:… »
« al-Laythī, a Companion of the Prophet and transmitter of aḥādīth. 13 The editor of the Dār al-Kutub al-ʿIlmiyya edition has noted that the following tradition is listed in the Muṣannaf of Ibn Abī Shayba (vol. 6, p. 170),… »
« repentance at every instant and moment.’ It was related on the authority of Ḍamra b. Ḥabīb that the Prophet said: ‘He for whom a door to goodness has been opened should seize [the opportunity] as he does not know when… »
« that they depend only on their contentment (riḍā) and self-surrender (taslīm). But Tustarī has just criticised those who depend on any state which they have. »
« him, while the second is describing the loss that will befall [him] according to that which has been pre-eternally destined [for him]. [This curse] is the response to Abū Lahab’s saying to the Prophet ‘May you perish!’… »
« Inwardly it is sincerity (ikhlāṣ) and outwardly it is emulation (iqtidāʾ).14 Moreover, unless a person’s outward [self] (ẓāhir) is leading his inner [self] (bāṭin), and his inner self is the perfec- tion (kamāl) of his o… »
« His omnipotence. Furthermore He directed them to the right guidance (rushd) for them with His words, And follow what is revealed to you, and be steadfast until God gives judgement, for He is the Best of Judges. To be ste… »
« This means that they rest their hopes in God based upon falsehood, inclining towards the desire (hawā) of their lower selves without following guidance from God. This is referring to the Jews.62 »
« humble / humbled (mutawāḍiʿ), 37 n145, 61 n3. See also humble entreaty; humble submission; humility becoming, 280, 281 being before God, 10, 91, 136 being, when listening to Qurʾān, 222 hearts, 67 state, souls created in… »
« from God] (lā yasʾalu), does not turn down [that which has been granted to him by God] (lā yaruddu), and does not hold back [from giving in the path of God when asked] (lā yaḥbisu). ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz said that the… »
« Barbahārī, al-Ḥasan b. Khalaf al-, xx, xxii Basra, xvi, xix and n38, xx, xxii and n68, xxiii, 7, 65, 90, 322, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331 Bāyazīd. See Abū Yazīd al-Biṣṭāmī Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem), 145. See… »
« His words, Exalted is He: [30:4] …To God belongs the command, before and after… This means, before everything else [existed], and after everything else [ceases to exist]. This is because He is the One who initiates [ever… »
« darkness is ignorance (jahl), in accordance with His words, And he whom God has not granted any light has no light [24:40], that is, the heart [of such a person] has not [the light] by which to perceive faith in God.41 T… »
« also tark (leaving); abandonment; protection, by God: withdrawal of khidma (service), 77, 81, 98, 108, 173, 234. See also servanthood khilla (friendship, true), 139, 208. See also friendship khuḍūʿ (humble submission), 1… »
« 35 to this in Sūrat al-Sajda.123 The second aspect of establishing [the prayers] (iqāma) is referred to when He says in Sūrat al-Mujādala, Then establish the prayer and pay the obligatory alms [58:13], as in Sūrat al-Muz… »
« [6:159] As for those who have divided their religion and broken up into factions… He [Sahl] said: They are⸣ 30 the people of whims (ahwāʾ) and innovations (bidaʿ) in religion. For them there is no form of repentance. Thu… »
« outwardly on the tongue, just as He has said, Exalted is He: They say with their tongues what is not in their hearts [48:11]; the other is the hypocrisy of the natural self (nafs al-ṭabʿ) towards the person to whom it be… »
« in what is lawful, to safeguard your bodily members, to fulfil the rights [of others] over you as you have been commanded and to refrain from all harm to other Muslims, so that your [good] deeds are not spent in the retr… »
« my provisions for the journey to Mecca other than [loaded] on its back.”2 Shaybān was on his way to the Friday prayer when he caught sight of a wolf with his sheep, so he said to it, “Sit with the sheep until I return an… »