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« He it is who blesses you [33:43], meaning: ‘He forgives you’, and [again in His words]: as do His angels… [33:43], by which is meant: ‘They seek forgiveness for you’. In the same vein are His words: Indeed God and His an… »
« [accumulation of] works, for works are [judged] according to the last ones.’7 He also used to say, ‘O Protector of Islam and its people! Hold me fast to8 Islam so that I meet You in Islam’.9 And he would say, ‘O Turner o… »
« 159, 182, 210, 213, 216, 275, 306. See also ḥubb; wudd; widād; love majesty (ʿaẓama), of God, xxxii, 77, 190. See also attributes, of God majlis al-quds (Holy Assembly), 260. See also Night, of Assembly; Resurrection mak… »
« His words, Exalted is He: [68:4] and assuredly you possess a magnificent character.5 He said: You have taken on the propriety taught by the Qurʾān (taʾaddabta bi-adab al-Qurʾān), and have not exceeded its bounds, which a… »
« His words, Exalted is He: [15:92] By your Lord, We will question them all, he contrasts those who are mukhliṣ (the active participle), i.e. purifying themselves, and those who are mukhlaṣ (the passive participle), i.e. t… »
« of certainty (ʿayn al-yaqīn), and the wholeness [of its vision] (kulliyyatihi). Its perfection and goal is the attainment of God, Mighty and Majestic is He. »
« or excused, but it also has the meaning of becoming abundant in quantity, as here in this verse. Tafsīr al-Tustarī 74 [actually] means, ‘[Take] the surplus (faḍl) of their wealth which is a deposit from God in their keep… »
« Truly God, Exalted is He, has drawn the attention of His servants to the passing of time and their heedlessness of it. He made the mountains as a representation of the world (dunyā), which appears to the observer to be s… »
« Concerning these words of God, Exalted is He, Sahl said: That is, his religion, is as it is said in Sūrat al-Nisāʾ: Who is fairer in religion than one who sub- mits his purpose to God? [4:125], meaning: ‘Than a person wh… »
« not everyone who has the appearance of being obedient and stands alongside the worshippers is actually an obedient person whose works are accepted. In the Psalms (zabūr) of David [are the words]: ‘Ask those who attend… »
« He said: Guidance (hudā) comes in two forms, one being that which is made clear (bayān),2 and the other, guardianship (tawallī) from God, Exalted is He. Do you not see how the suckling infant is guided to the means of it… »
« with goodness, and misdeeds with forgiveness (ghufrān), but He requites hypocrisy, disbelief and innovation with punishment. Whoever pronounces the saying: ‘There is no god except God’ has made a pact with God, so it is… »
« privately to his disciple Kumayl b. Ziyad al-Nakhāʿī. The passage is discussed and translated in full by James W. Morris in idem, ‘Surrender and Realisation: Imam ʿAli on the Conditions for True Religious Understanding’,… »
« to any creature or heard any creature speak to me; but people fancy (pindārand) that I am speaking to them, because they do not see the Great Speaker, of whom they in relation to me are only the echo.’ See Jalāl al-Dīn R… »
« during adversity?’ He replied: Asking for safety (salāma) in times of security is more difficult than asking for safety in [a state of] fear. [On the same subject] Sahl said regarding His words, And if anyone believes in… »
« of] his own power (ḥawl) and strength (quwwa).2 Every act or saying that is not accompanied by the words: ‘there is no power or strength save in God’, will not have God’s support, Mighty and Majestic is He. Furthermore,… »
« taken from prophets, 76, 157 n6 Covenant, of Alast, xxxii, xxxv, xliv n184, lx, 43 and n14, 76 and nn26–27, 172 and n12, 181, 301 n1 creation, liv, 9 n39, 13 n11, 43, 45, 77, 79, 102, 155 n4, 294 of Adam, xxxii, 16, 18 a… »
« also disbeliever(s); unbeliever(s) kalām (speech), 189, 216. See also kalima; speaking; speech ṭayyib al-, aṭyab al- (goodness in, best in speech), 286 kalām (theology), scholars of, Sālimiyya viewed as, xxii n68. See al… »
« 83 i.e. the ‘latent’ acts of goodness and disobedience that are within us. 84 i.e. what is preordained, before it is even written on the ‘Preserved’ or ‘Well-Guarded Tablet,’ on which see above IC, p. 5, n. 22. The ‘Moth… »
« Sahl continued: Indeed I know one of the friends of God (awliyāʾ) who saw on the seashore a man who had before him the biggest pomegranate that there ever was. The friend of God (walī) asked him what he had before him, t… »
« those whose hearts are broken from the fear of Me.’5 David then said, ‘O my Lord! I approached the doctors among Your servants for treatment, but they all directed me to You — Wretched are those who despair of Your mercy… »
« used to lean on it, drive his sheep with it, scatter leaves for his sheep with it; then he would take from the tree whatever he wanted with it, and he would send it after lions, wild beasts and the vermin of the earth an… »
« 63 His words: [5:116] …You know what is in my self, though I do not know what is in Your Self…9 That is, ‘I do not know the hidden purport of Your question, while You have knowledge of it.’10 It is also possible that wha… »
« Mount Qāf, 58 and n29 Mount Sinai, 120 n6 Muʿādh (Muʿādh b. Jabal al-Khazrajῑ?), 135, 311, 328 Muʿāwiya, 324, 327 Mubarrad, Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad, 172, 328 Muḥammad b. Ḥanafiyya, 46 Muḥammad b. Sālim, xviii n27, xix, xx… »