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« on God and sought refuge in Him. Joseph, God’s blessings be upon him, [was afflicted with] prison and the well, but he did not alter; and Jacob was tested by the loss of his sight and his son, but he complained of his gr… »

« by the world, and from letting yourself be deceived by the lower self. God, Exalted is He, said, Verily the soul is ever inciting to evil [12:53]; and He said: So do not let the life of this world deceive you [31:33]; an… »

« His words: [5:83] And when they hear what has been revealed to the Messenger, you see their eyes overflow with tears because of the truth that they recognise… [Sahl] said: These were the priests and monks from whom peopl… »

« His words, Exalted is He: [19:13] and compassion from Us...1 That is, ‘We did this out of mercy for his [John’s] parents’, and purity… ‘We purified him of the false opinions (ẓunūn) that people hold with regard to Him.’2… »

« oneness and the emulation of His Prophet , constantly making humble entreaty (taḍarruʿ) of God and seeking refuge in Him in the hope of connecting to Him through following [exem- plary guidance]. Zayd b. Aslam related f… »

« He said: God, Exalted is He, has magnified the state of hope (rajāʾ) in this verse out of His generosity (karam) and His hidden grace (khafī luṭfihi), and thus He mentions ease twice.4 Indeed, the Prophet  said, ‘Hardsh… »

« caused them to slip, because of some of what they had earned… [Sahl] was asked about the meaning of that earning (kasb). He said: It was the complacency that they felt because of their great numbers on the day of Ḥunayn… »

« world with locked hearts because they sought the keys to them with the intellect (ʿaql), and thus strayed from the path. If only they had sought them by having recourse to God-given success (tawfīq) and grace (faḍl), the… »

« Your good pleasure.’ He continued: Then God sent the revelation to him: ‘O son of ʿImrān, truly My good pleasure is in [subjecting you to] what you detest, [but] you will not be able to bear that.’ He then said: Then Mos… »

« [75:29] and [his] legs are joined together, He is speaking of the affairs of this world and the Hereafter. It has also been said that they are your legs when they joined together in your shroud. It has been related of Ja… »

« of Ibn ʿAbbās  that the Prophet  would pass water and then wipe himself with earth. So he [Ibn ʿAbbās?] said, ‘O Messenger of God, there is water near you!’, to which he replied, ‘I do not know, it may be that I won’t… »

« He said: That is, He deserves to be heeded and not be disobeyed, and He is fit [and ready] to forgive the one who repents. Mindfulness of God (taqwā) means abandoning everything which is reprehensible (madhmūm). With reg… »

« This means those who are given the book [of deeds] in their left hand. [56:10] And the foremost, the foremost. He said: They are those for whom God’s election (ikhtiyār) and special friendship (wilāya) preceded them befo… »

« Tafsīr al-Tustarī 72 His words, Exalted is He: [7:31] …And eat and drink, but do not be excessive; He truly does not love those who are excessive. Eating is of five kinds: that which is a necessity [for subsistence] (ḍar… »

« all of, in Paradise, 299 and n2 of conduct, 117 different forms of, 82 door(s) opening to, 39, 113, 122 God’s, 29, 153 path of, 71, 285 people of, 110 ruling with, 168 good pleasure (riḍā / marḍā), of God. See God: good… »

« His words, Exalted is He: [31:6] But among people there is he who purchases idle talk, without knowledge, to mislead… He said: This refers to disputing in [matters of] religion and plunging into falsehood (bāṭil). His wo… »

« This refers to the gentleness (rifq) and clemency (ḥilm) that He shows them due to His knowl- edge of their weakness and of the fact that they have no strength before Him, except through Him and from Him. [2:148] Every p… »

« 1 Lit. ‘Gratitude for knowledge is action’. That is, either that gratitude is manifested by our acting according to our knowledge, or that by having gratitude we are granted ‘gratitude’s increase’ through the ability to… »

« 205. 7 An allusion to 16:14; 35:11; 53:46; 75:37 and 76:2. Perhaps what is meant is the dividing of the cells. 8 Note, as mentioned above, p. 30, n. 94, Abraham’s honorary title is ‘Khalīl Allāh’ (Friend of God). 9 A pra… »

« Claude Vadet. Cairo, 1962. Translated into French by Jean-Claude Vadet as Le traité d’ amour mystique d’ al-Daylami, Geneva, Droz and Paris, 1980. Translated into English by Joseph Norment Bell as A Treatise on Mystical… »

« wine. 14 Böwering has identified him as Abū Ḥamza Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Bazzāz (d. 289/902), a Sufi of Baghdad. Tafsīr al-Tustarī 110 He said: Justice is professing ‘There is no god but God and Muḥammad is the Messenger… »

« His words, Exalted is He: [47:38] …God is the Self-Sufficient One, while you are the needy…. Gnosis (maʿrifa) of the secret [divine] mystery (sirr) is [attained] entirely through neediness (faqr), and that is God’s secre… »

« Renowned for his knowledge and piety, his commitment to his moral ideals in the face of politi- cal pressure caused him to be flogged by the authorities on two occasions. Tafsīr al-Tustarī 330 Sālim b. ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿUma… »

« f. 312a, instead of lā yahtiku sirr mā iṭṭalaʿa ʿalayhi illā’l-malʿūn in the printed edition. 4 All three MSS (Z515, f. 130a, F638, f. 63b and F3488, f. 312b) have: ʿaqlihi the second time instead of qalbihi. The sentenc… »