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« Then he said: Another interpretation is the following: ‘⸢So be gracious to the orphan (fa-ʾlṭuf bi’l-yatīm)⸣,5 for you know what it means for the heart of an orphan to receive benevolence (luṭf).’ 4 Isḥāq b. Rāhwayh, a… »
« 230 Tafsīr al-Tustarī He said: Do not agree with the people of innovations concerning anything which issues from their whims (ahwāʾ) or opinions (ārāʾ).3 3 Note the association which Tustarī has made between innovation… »
« ṭuhūr), [namely], the wines of Paradise, and the wines of this world in their impurity. The wines of this world are sullied and they sully the one who drinks them with sins (āthām), whereas the wines of Paradise are puri… »
« palace (ghurfa) of this world.5 Sahl said: God, Exalted is He, mentioned these bounties to make it [Paradise] enticing for them. While He warns them that His punishment is in proportion to His authority (sulṭān), [He als… »
« 21 Sahl was asked about this verse, to which he replied: This means, ‘Do not cover up a matter of the Hereafter because of a worldly concern.’ What [God] means is that it is not allowed for the people of truth to conceal… »
« missing out on that which is its [genuine] concern at that moment (fī’l-ḥāl).155 No one knows this except those who know God. [2:180] …and leaves behind some good…156 Concerning these words, he was asked, ‘In your opinio… »
« Ṭabarī does, however, include the view that there was a dog which lay at the entrance to the cave. 6 On the word fitya see also Tustarī’s commentary on the word fatayān (12:36) and p. 96, n. 10. 7 According to Lane, biṭā… »
« His words, Exalted is He: [59:9] …They give preference to others over themselves, even if they be in poverty (khaṣāṣa)…5 1 In its outer meaning the verse, and much of this sūra, is said to refer to the Jewish tribe of Ba… »
« secret, innermost committing sin in, 66, 73, 272 conversation, 224 depositing, with God, 67 fearing / being faithful to God in, 120, 131, 241 God’s communication with Muḥammad in, 33 not revealing, 81, 97, 277 and n4, 27… »
« [84:2] And heeds its Lord as it should.1 That is, it hearkens to its Lord and responds by performing His command, as it is obliged to do. [84:6] O man! Verily you are toiling laboriously toward your Lord… That is, you ar… »
« 18, 28, 49, 71, 72, 74, 88, 90, 98, 101 and n5, 110, 151, 155, 161, 187, 188 n1, 243 and n11, 285 and n5, 321. See also devising al-dunyā (management of affairs of the world), 136 tadhallul (self-abasement, grovelling),… »
« fested his ruin (khasāra), for He says [to such people], Exalted is He: ‘Eat and enjoy — for a short while, evildoers that you are’. But God, Glorified and Exalted is He, knows best. 263 His words, Exalted is He: »
« parable), xxvi, 6, 21, 25 n72, 317. See also similitude(s) maṭlaʿ (point of transcendency), xxvii, 2. See also meaning(s) maʿūna (aid, assistance, help), from God, xxxiii, xxxiv, 2 n6, 10, 14, 57, 108, 117, 126, 128, 171… »
« concerning faith, 116 of the heart, 19, 133 heart has light of, xlii increase in, 21, 29, 121 light of insight of certainty, xliv, 3, 29 into religious affairs, 86 inspiration (ilhām), xxviii, xl, 106, 216, 223, 238, 243… »
« prophet(s); Messenger of firm resolve (ulū’l-ʿazm), 192 and n5 middle way, 178 miḥna (affliction, trial), 166. See also balāʾ; ibitlāʾ; affliction mindful, of God, those who are (muttaqī pl. muttaqūn, taqī), liii, lvi, 1… »
« that is being filled with love [of God] (maḥabba). His words: [33:38] …and God’s commandment is an inexorable destiny, That is, it is known before it befalls you. Is anyone able to avoid what is determined [for him]? ʿUm… »
« will ask, “What was your opinion of Me?”to which he will reply, “That You would forgive me”, upon which, God, Mighty and Majestic, will say, “Truly I have forgiven you”, and He will direct him to Paradise.’10 His words:… »
« righteous (barr) and the wicked (fājir) alike. Nay indeed, the Hereafter is truly an appointed hour in which the All-powerful King will make the decree. Nay indeed, all of goodness in its entirety2 is in Paradise. Nay in… »
« his mind [lit. intellect, ʿaql]. The Prophet said, ‘Whoever obeys God, Mighty and Majestic is He, has truly remembered Him, but whoever disobeys Him has truly forgotten Him.’52 His words: [3:200] O you who believe, be… »
« 42 On Tustarī’s use of the terms nafs al-ṭabʿ and nafs al-rūḥ see IT, pp. xxxviiiff. above, and Böwering, Mystical Vision, pp. 158–9, and 160–1. 43 The context for the words which Tustarī is commenting upon here is God’s… »
« community in Mecca), who were suffering all sorts of trials and hardships. Tafsīr al-Tustarī 28 That is, their willing was through Him, they were fearful because of Him, and were wary of God’s ruse (makr), Mighty and Maj… »
« Concerning these words Sahl said: That is, [He protects them with] the protection of [His] good pleasure (riḍā). He is their pro- tector due to the former guidance He granted them, and His knowledge concerning them, of t… »
« prophethood were incorporated within him, except that he does not receive revelation. He is called to account in the same way as the prophets except in the matter of conveying the message.’131 And Muḥammad b. Sawwār repo… »
« F3488, f. 209a. One is reminded here of the ḥadīth of Gabriel, in which the three levels of islām, īmān and iḥsān are discussed. On this ḥadīth, see above IT, p. lviii, n. 265. »