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« the Kashf al-asrār, vol. 7, p. 78; vol. 9, p. 91, and it also appears in Ghazālī’s Iḥyāʾ ʿulūm al-Dīn, Book 36: Kitāb al-Maḥabba, p. 182; idem., Kīmiyāʾ al-saʿādat (Tehran, 1985), vol. 2, p. 571. 40 See Böwering, Mystica… »
« That is, those who have kept themselves safe13 from the horrors (ahwāl) of that Day.14 They have no [sensory] perception other than of Him (lā yuḥissūna dūnahu), just as they were in this world; [thus they attain] life w… »
« Bibliography Ibn Ḥanbal, Aḥmad. al-Musnad. Cairo, 1895. Edited by Aḥmad Muḥammad Shākir et al. Cairo, 1995. ———. Kitāb al-Waraʿ, ed. Zaynab al-Qārūṭ. Beirut, 1983. Ibn Isḥāq, Muḥammad. Kitāb al-Mubtadaʾ wa’l-mabʿath wa’l… »
« 20 Ṭā Hā 127 He said: That is, ‘Do not direct your attention to that which results in the whispering of Satan, opposi- tion (mukhālafa) to the All-Merciful, cravings (amānī) from the lower self, or acquiescence (sukūn) i… »
« of magnifying (taʿẓīm) [of God] through supplication. [2:268] Satan promises you poverty and enjoins you to indecency… He was asked about these words and replied, ‘[He, Satan, does this] so that they should take some- th… »
« is when he feels secure knowing that the person has accepted [the suggestion], but the third is when his lot is only to wait and hope, and this is [his situation] with the veracious (ṣiddīqūn). His words, Exalted is He:… »
« [18:13] …And We increased them in guidance. That is, in insight (baṣīra) concerning faith. His words, Exalted is He: [18:17] …whomsoever He leads astray, you will not find for him a guiding friend. If God wishes to manif… »
« 56 Tafsīr al-Tustarī Then he was asked: ‘What is the reality (ḥaqīqa) of trust (tawakkul) in principle?’ He replied: At its root, the reality of trust is the realisation of God’s oneness (tawḥīd), while its branch is the… »
« (through Him) to His lordship, and within this testimony (their saying ‘Yes’), was also their acknowledgment of their divinely decreed beginning and end. This was, moreover, a test and a trial (ibtilāʾ), for while it was… »
« of death or because of an avid attachment to the world, but rather because the Messenger of God enjoined on us a commitment and said: “Let the provision that one of you takes from this world be like the victuals a ride… »
« His words, Exalted is He: [70:29] who guard their private parts; He said: In its inner meaning [the verse refers to] all the bodily members, both exterior and interior. They preserve them from the manifestation of traces… »
« 223 He [Sahl] continued: He then struck a rock with his foot upon which water gushed forth. Abraham was amazed, so God said to Abraham, through inspiration, ‘If that Abyssinian man had asked Me to remove the heavens an… »
« and its reward. His words, Exalted is He: [51:24] Has the story reached you, of Abraham’s honoured guests? He said: He [God] called them honoured (mukramūn) because he [Abraham] served them himself, and for seven days he… »
« when he may be stirred [into action] (tuhayyijahu) by the inducement of hope (raghba), or by fear (rahba). Then at another time⸣,19 he finds himself carried through those acts without effort (taklīf) or striving (jahd),2… »
« 10 That is, perhaps his fear is concerned with his state of veracity at his passing, which would be in accordance with his statement shortly before, that ‘Veracity is fear concerning [our] end (khātima)’. Another possibi… »
« sufficiency Sufi, as a term, xii–xiii Sufi (adj.) and Sufi(s) (noun), xi, xii, xv, xvi, xvii n21, xxii and n68, xxiii, xxiv and n85, xxv n91, xxvi, xxxii n128, xxxviii and nn148 and 150, xli and n158, xliii, l n213, lix… »
« on 2:41, p. 20, n. 48, his commentary on 3:8, and p. 42, n. 10. 58 Tafsīr al-Tustarī hypocrites] try to deceive God, but it is He who causes them to be deceived. He meant by this the speed of delivering their recompense… »
« ing him] gnosis (maʿrifa) of Him. He casts the Spirit of His command…That is, He sends the Revelation from the heavens to the earth by His command. His words: [40:60] And your Lord has said, ‘Call on Me and I will respon… »
« indeed the prayer is not acceptable without its recitation. But there are also hadīths attesting to its importance, such as those that are listed in the Ṣaḥīḥ of Bukhārī, ‘Kitāb al-Tafsīr’, in which the honorifics ‘Mothe… »
« 42, 47–8, 59, 61 n3, 101, 126, 145, 168, 182, 216, 219 n6, 275, 306. See also lover(s); Beloved (God); Index II, Beloved, of God Abraham’s for his son, 165 being filled with, a form of remembrance, 159 for carnal lusts,… »
« certainty (nūr baṣīrat al-yaqīn) by which they seek inner perception of the divine oneness (tawḥīd), and obedience to Him in that which He has commanded and forbidden. For anyone to whom God gives no light, there is no l… »
« Satan have any means of thwarting him? His words, Exalted is He: [53:8] Then he drew near and drew closer still, He said: That is, he approached, drawing closer and closer. His words, Exalted is He: [53:11] The heart did… »
« ful bounties (jamīl ālāʾihi) and beneficence (iḥsān). His words, Exalted is He: [85:22] in a Preserved Tablet.5 He said: That which is preserved (maḥfūẓ) is the breast (ṣadr) of the believer. It [the Qurʾān] is protected… »
« 6 This was evidently a sign to him that he had not been enjoying the protection of the jinn. The tradition is listed in Bayhaqī, Shuʿab al-īmān, vol. 6, p. 264, and in Ibn al-Jawzī, Ṣifat al-ṣafwa, vol. 3, p. 67. 7 Iṣfah… »