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« blessings ṣāliḥ pl. ṣāliḥūn (virtuous), 25 n72, 82, 153, 159, 219. See also virtuous imām ṣāliḥ (virtuous guide), 111 Sālimiyya, xxii and n68, xxiii, 324, 328 Salsabīl, 259 and n5 salvation, xxxv, lii, 1, 90, 142 n4, 149… »
« al-bayān fī taʾwīl āy al-Qurʾān. However, later the word taʾwīl also took on a more specific meaning when it was applied either to the esoteric interpretation of the Qurʾān that was practised by Sufis, or to the metaphor… »
« also Muṣṭafā; al-Muzzammil; Beloved, of God; Index III, Prophet; Messenger Adam created for his sake, 15, 77 Adam created from light of, xxxii, 77 before God in pre-eternity, xxxi–xxxii, 77 Beloved of God (Ḥabīb Allāh),… »
« takes the form of a comment by Sarrāj: “‘My state (ḥāl) during ritual prayer (ṣalāt) and before entering ritual prayer is one and the same”’. Sarrāj comments, ‘He watched over his heart (qalb) and kept God before his eye… »
« would they have seen? the path of Islam if He did not do that. His words: [36:69] …It is just a Reminder and a Qurʾān that makes things clear, He said: It is a reminder (dhikr) and a [source of] contemplation (tafakkur).… »
« God, Exalted is He, from your heart, for the sea is deep.’3 Therefore [with this renewed inten- tion (nīya)], when the trafficking (muʿāmala) goes on in the hearts, which [as we have seen] are [like] seas, the self will… »
« until around midday, such that some of us could taste the earth through our noses and we remarked to each other, “The Messenger of God has died.” But then he raised his head and said, “God is Great!”, so we said, “God… »
« and fervour (nashāṭ) in their hearts. They are truly people of remembrance and they live for God, the Hereafter, knowledge and the Sunna. Then there are those who claim to be in a state of fervour, joy and happiness in e… »
« 5:83 62 7:47 xliii, 73 4:17 53 5:95 21 7:56 6, 73 4:29 53 5:109 62 7:68 73 4:31 54 5:112–5 30 n93 7:94 73 4:36 54 5:113 30 7:95 73–4 4:41 54 5:116 63 7:99 74 4:47 54 5:119 26, 106 7:128 3, 74 4:48 lii, 55 6:1 xlv, 48 7:1… »
« of natural and spiritual self, xxxix, xl n156, 171–2 of spiritual self, heart and understanding, xliv, 294 by which servant beholds God, xlviii, 20 Substitutes (abdāl), 89–90, 90 n5, 225 success, God-given (tawfīq), xxxi… »
« al-ḥarām), that is, when something unlawful comes a person’s way he remembers God, Exalted is He, and he knows that God is watching him, so he avoids that unlawful thing.46 His words: [7:205] …and do not be one of the he… »
« His words, Exalted is He: [113:1] Say, ‘I seek refuge in the Lord of the Daybreak, He said: Truly God, Exalted is He, commanded him [the Prophet] in these two sūras [113 and 114] to take refuge (iʿtiṣām) in Him, seek hel… »
« Meri, Josef W. The Cult of Saints among Muslims and Jews in Medieval Syria. Oxford, 2002. Morris, James W. ‘Surrender and Realisation: Imam ʿAli on the Conditions for True Religious Understanding.’ Ruḥ ad-Din 1 (2000), p… »
« light(s) of, xlii 132, 184, 214, 231 locus of, xlii, xliii people of, xliii, 32, 43, 73, 149, 192, 218 Prophet guided to, by God, 291 ranks in, 184, 219 reality of, 25, 113 secret of, 223 of secret [divine] mystery, 195… »
« title Jāmiʿ al-bayān ʿan tafsīr al-Qurʾān. Cairo, 1321–8/1904–10. Edited by Maḥmūd Muḥammad Shākir and Aḥmad Muḥammad Shākir. Vols. 1–16 (incomplete). Cairo, 1955–69. Abridged English translation with introduction of vol… »
« the Prophet said: ‘Hearing about something is not the same as seeing it.’ Sahl also said: [Abraham’s request] might also have another meaning: he might have asked God to show him the reviving of the dead so that he cou… »
« present life. His words, Exalted is He: [20:131] Nor extend your gaze to what We have given to some pairs among them to enjoy [as] the flower of the life of this world… »
« of Satan and his lapping in the hearts of the mystics and the lovers, for how can this cause defilement in the ocean of love (baḥr al-widād), when each time he laps there, a wave comes and washes over it. Regarding his s… »
« He said: That is, what you inherited from your forefathers (ābāʾ), and your possessions (mulk). So give of what your natural selves enjoy from [this] world, in the cause of obeying Him and His Messenger. For those of you… »
« Each cubit is equivalent to seventy fathoms (bāʿ), and each fathom is longer that the distance between Kufa and Mecca.5 If you were to put one of its links on the summit of a mountain, it [the mountain] would melt, just… »
« n6, 98 n19, 158, 161, 165, 184, 222 and n7. See also secret(s), inner truth(s); psychology, spiritual bodies submitted to vigour, in 89 certainty is witnessing in, 52 deposit from God within, 63 fear within, 135 humility… »
« [1:2] Praise be to God1 Sahl said: The meaning of ‘Praise be to God’ (al-ḥamdu li’Llāh) is ‘thanks be to God’ (al-shukru li’Llāh), [for] gratitude towards God is obedience (ṭāʿa) to Him. Obedience to Him is guardianship… »
« Ibn Sālim said: I served Sahl b. ʿAbd Allāh for sixty years and he did not change in terms of his practice of remembrance or anything else.6 Then on the last day of his life a man recited the verse before him, So on this… »
« umm al-kitāb (Mother of the Book), 27 and n84, 101. See also Mother of the Book; Qurʾān umma (nation, community of Muslims), xxvii, 7, 23, 46, 50, 106, 131, 144, 178 nn7–8, 282. See also nation ummῑ pl. ummiyūn (‘unlette… »