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« them in the matter, that is, ‘Do not distance them from yourself because of their disobedience, but accommodate them through your graciousness (faḍl), for it is through Us that you pardon, through Us that you seek forgiv… »
« regret independence (istighnāʾ). See also wealth of God, liv. See also attributes, of God; name(s), of God; al-Ghanī sense of, in humans, 296 Tafsīr al-Tustarī 376 inducement (raghba, targhῑb), 67, 74, 255 infāq (spendin… »
« exiled from Paradise. Adam’s response is to remind Moses that all this was predestined by God before his creation. For an account of this tradition, see Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad Samʿānī, Rawḥ al-arwāḥ fī sharḥ asmāʾ al-Malik… »
« His words, Exalted is He: [59:7] …And whatever the Messenger gives you, take it, and whatever he forbids you, abstain from it… He said: The principles of our school are three: consuming what is legitimate; following the… »
« a period of elegant and highly readable type designs. It combines the aesthetic and functional qualities that make text type highly readable for computerized typesetting needs. The type was modified to create additonal g… »
« lost through ignorance, 73 of mystics, 58, 175, 210, 214 occupied with the world, 310 opening locks of, xlvi, 81 of Prophet Muḥammad, xxxii, 2 n7, 3, 48 n40, 92, 186 n1, 212, 213, 255, 277, 294 punishment/ reward of, 60,… »
« (al-Bāṭin) is the One who knows the hidden thoughts (ḍamāʾir) and stirrings (ḥarakāt) that are concealed within hearts. His words, Exalted is He: [57:4] …He knows what enters the earth… He said: [In] the inner meaning of… »
« His words, Exalted is He: [42:52] …And verily you guide to a straight path. That is, you summon [people] to your Lord with the light of His guidance. al-ṭabīʿiyya tanaʿʿum al-janna, while MS F638, f. 45a has: yashghalu… »
« 1 lit. in which he has no share for himself. The addition of li-nafsihi is made on the basis of all three MSS: Z515, f. 117b, F638, f. 56a and F3488, f. 297b. 2 This statement was also made in Tustarī’s comment on Sūrat… »
« See also interpretation whispering [Satanic], evil suggestion(s), incitement (waswasa pl. wasāwis), xxxv, lvi, 16, 37, 67, 126, 127, 249, 254, 277, 320 and n5 action and effects of, 71 defined, 134, 320 widād (love) 34.… »
« literally ‘cleaving or clinging to the dust’. Those who appear to others to be deprived and are outwardly so, are inwardly wealthy and close to God. »
« reason that God, Exalted is He, addressed Moses saying, ‘O Moses, truly the first of my creatures to die was Iblīs, may God’s curse be on him, because he disobeyed Me, and I count the one who disobeys Me as being from… »
« He said: God, Exalted is He, created the innermost secret (sirr) and made its life consist in His remem- brance. He created the outward self (ẓāhir) and made its life consist in praising (ḥamd) and thanking (shukr) Him.… »
« Sahl was asked about sincerity (ikhlāṣ).1 He said: It is insolvency (iflās),2 that is to say, the one who knows that he is insolvent has realised the truth [of his situation]. He [further] said: With these four verses Go… »
« sūra / sūrat. Passim in titles of, and references to specific ‘chapters’ (sūras) of the Qurʾān. See al-Fātiḥa; Qurʾān surrender, to God. See submission sword, verse of, 313 and n2 Tafsīr al-Tustarī 400 T ṭāʿa pl. ṭāʿāt (… »
« (tadbīr), and his turning back to God’s management of things for him. His words: [16:110] Then indeed your Lord — towards those who emigrated after they were persecuted, and then struggled and were steadfast [will be mos… »
« revealed to him, he should gather all of them together, and command them to invoke God’s rejection upon whomsoever of them is lying. In his commentary, however, Tustarī focuses on the meaning of ibtihāl contrasting it wi… »
« n68, xlv, xlvi, liii, 7, 41 and n3, 47, 58 n27, 62, 86, 103, 104, 109, 148, 159, 162, 194, 247. See also learning; knowledge (ʿilm, maʿrifa) religious, Tustarī’s criticism of, xix n41 Index III: Subjects and Technical Te… »
« printed edition. F638, f. 15a has neither lā yatafakkarūna nor yatadhakkaru. 7 Added on the basis of MSS: Z515, f. 28b and F638, f. 15a. F3488 204a appears to have thiyāb which must be a copyist’s error. 8 lit. ‘Safety,… »
« Al-Ghazālī: The Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife (Kitāb Dhikr al-mawt wa-mā baʿdahu), Book XL of the Revival of the Religious Sciences (Iḥyā ʿulūm al-dīn). Cambridge, 1989. ———. Kitāb Riyāḍat al-nafs and Kitāb Kasr… »
« His words, Exalted is He: [69:48] And assuredly it is a reminder for those who are mindful of God. He said: That is, the Qurʾān is a mercy for those who are obedient. His words, Exalted is He: [69:50] And assuredly it is… »
« stand for prayer, perform the prayer of one who is bidding farewell;2 do not say anything which you will be sorry for saying tomorrow; and resolve to give up hope of [attaining] that which other people possess.’3 Indeed… »
« Israelites, 78 n40. See also Index II, Children, of Israel Isrāfīl, 5 and n22, 100 n2, 173 n20. See also angel(s); Preserved Tablet Isrāʾīliyyāt, 121 n13 istidrāj (God’s giving respite, lulling people into false sense of… »
« in the recitation of the Qurʾān, commanding what is right, forbidding what is wrong, asking for goodness and seeking refuge from evil.’5 1 This verse is said to refer to the conquest of Mecca by Muḥammad, when tribes ass… »