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« . So, [through these letters] the servant may gain access to his Master from the position of affirming His oneness (tawḥīd) and by fol- lowing the example of His Prophet.5 1 Note that above, IC, p. 2, Tustarī had connect… »
« In its inner meaning there are two obstacles. One of them is the sins that he has committed, which stand before him like a mountain and which he can only traverse by setting a slave free, or feeding someone who is either… »
« 2 Haythamī, Majmaʿ al-zawāʾid, vol. 1, p. 80; Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-awsaṭ, vol. 2, p. 199 and vol. 6, p. 314. 3 What is meant is the book in which all his deeds are recorded. If it is given to the person in their right… »
« The evidence for it is in His words, Exalted is He, concerning the hypocrites, Deaf, dumb and blind [2:18]. This is because they do not have these deposits. But God knows best. 9 These words are part of the colloquy be… »
« of God birr (righteousness), 26, 28, 60, 301. See also abrār; righteousness; righteous blessing(s) (niʿma, minna, baraka), lv n245, 14 n16, 16, 31 n104, 48, 51, 62, 73, 82 and n6, 97, 108, 128 n1, 136, 144 and n1, 153, 1… »
« he was the Axis (quṭb) around which the millstone [of the world] revolves.7 Furthermore, if it were not for the fact that no one can be valued alongside the Companions because of their companion- ship and witnessing [of… »
« al-Musayyib, 260 Muslim b. Yasār, 265, 329 Muṣṭafā (name given to Muḥammad), xxv, 175, 251. See also Muḥammad; Index III, Prophet; Messenger Muʿtab (son of Abū Lahab), 316 Muzayyin, Abū al-Ḥasan al-, xxii al-Muzzammil (t… »
« secondary cause (sabab) whatsoever. His words, Exalted is He: [12:106] And most of them do not believe in God without ascribing partners [to Him]. He [Sahl] said: This is referring to the association [of others with God]… »
« knowledge apparent, deposited His knowledge in the intellect (ʿaql). Then He ruled that no one could have access to any of it [His knowledge] except through the intellect. Thus whoever has been deprived of his intellect… »
« His words, Exalted is He: [22:3] And among mankind are those who dispute about God without any knowledge… That is, they dispute about religion as their whim (hawā) [dictates], or through analogical [reasoning] (qiyās), w… »
« He [Sahl] said: The following saying is related from Ibn ʿAbbās : ‘Thunder is an angel and it is his voice that you hear.3 As for the lightning, it is a whip of light by which the angel drives the clouds.’ Mujāhid also… »
« know about, neither you nor anyone else among His creatures, except those whom God has taught, Mighty and Majestic is He.3 He was asked about His words: [16:11, 12] …and all kinds of fruit... [And He disposed for you th… »
« to connect people with Him. We shall see an example of this described later in the commentary on 57:20. 5 Added on the basis of all three MSS: MSS Z515, f. 87b, F638, f. 40a and F3488, f. 260b. 6 Translating iẓhāran li-k… »
« 5 Muṣṭafā is one of the honorific titles of the Prophet, meaning ‘the Chosen One [of God].’ 176 Tafsīr al-Tustarī He said: Abhorrence (maqt) is the most extreme form of alienation (ibʿād) from God, Mighty and Majestic is… »
« has honoured me.’ He said: This means, there will be among the believers one who, when his Lord tests him with blessings, says, ‘My Lord has honoured me in the abundance (saʿa) and provision (rizq) that He has given me.’… »
« [18:28] …And do not obey him whose heart We have made oblivious to Our remembrance… He said: Heedlessness (ghafla) is wasting time with futile things (biṭāla).7 And he further said: The heart has a thousand deaths, of wh… »
« wife to add to the numerous wives he already had. David realised that this had been a test from God and repented (v. 24). God then forgave him (v. 25), but with an admonition (v. 26). See above p. 49, n. 47 for a brief a… »
« 42 The verb khalaṣa, from which is derived the word takhlīṣ (above) and the key Sufi term ikhlāṣ, has both the meaning of becoming pure, and becoming free or being delivered from something. 43 For an account of the Battl… »
« Day of Resurrection, will show him only those sins which are known to Him and His servant, and then forgive him for them. [84:9] and will return to his family, joyful. [That is] in Paradise, with the fulfilment of the pr… »
« 14, 16, 23, 27, 29, 57, 61, 64, 76, 115, 143, 151, 216, 226, 231, 232, 253, 255, 297, 315. See also prohibition(s) community, of Muslims. See nation companion(s) of the Cave. See Cave, Companions of devil assigned as (43… »
« His words, Exalted is He: [64:2] …God is Seer (baṣīr) of what you do. ⸢ He said: ⸢ He is Seeing (baṣīr)⸣1 if the act is compatible with (wāfaqa) [a person’s] nature (ṭabʿ) and disposition (khilqa). His words, Exalted is… »
« printed edition. It is also possible to read God as the subject throughout the sentence, in which case it would translate as: ‘…and He created it so that He might conduct it to Himself, according to His knowledge of it,… »
« Then He ordered him [Adam] to enter the Garden and eat from it at ease wherever he wished, after which He decreed to him that he may not eat from the Tree. When he entered the Garden and saw what he saw there, he said, ‘… »
« good, 61, 73, 116, 145, 159, 162, 182, 201, 227–8, 243 good and bad, 54, 227 n8, 244, 273 recompense for, 38, 39, 120, 143, 283, 295 righteous, xxxvii, 38, 120, 131, 136, 143, 161, 189, 220, 304 sincerity in, 311 supplic… »