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« basest of, before God, 53 becoming free of, 231 being aware of one’s, 38–9 being purified of, 49 committed openly or in secret, 202, 298 four things which follow, 299 God’s concealing of, 175, 274 God’s forgiveness of, 5… »

« concern a warning to believers that they should not sit and converse with those who mock God’s signs. Those who are mindful (or fully aware) of God will not be accountable for such people; this is merely a reminder to th… »

« ṭabīʿī / ṭabīʿiyya), xxviii, xxxviii, xxxix, xl and n156, xli, xlii and n173, xliv and n184, xlix, lii, 17 n30, 54, 79, 93, 95, 97, 105 and n8, 125, 150, 171, 172, 174, 181–2 n9, 193, 201, 216, 220, 224, 234, 247, 248, 2… »

« have made your resolve to carry something out, put your trust in God.’ He [Sahl] said [in this regard]: Fraternise with brothers among the people who are mindful of God, and let the person whom you consult be one of thos… »

« His words, Exalted is He: [44:3] Indeed We revealed it on a blessed night… He said: God sent the Qurʾān down as a whole on the Night of Great Merit (Laylat al-Qadr) to the House of Might (bayt al-ʿizza) in the heaven of… »

« He was asked about His words, Exalted is He: [16:8] …And He creates what you do not know [about]. He said: Regarding the outward meaning of the verse, it is as Ibn ʿAbbās  related, that the Prophet  said: ‘Among the th… »

« ʿalayhi al-salām in the printed edition. Tafsīr al-Tustarī 78 of proximity (ahl al-qurb) and the people of proximity live under the mercy of the one brought near (al-muqarrab) — With their light shining forth before them… »

« with him.  5 In the Kitāb Dhikr al-mawt of his Iḥyāʾ ʿulūm al-dīn, Ghazālī cites the following ḥadīth on the authority of Abū Hurayra: ‘… The bankrupt of my nation is he that shall come forward on the Day of Arising wit… »

« wretched person, on the other hand, is the one who makes himself, his states (aḥwāl) and his deeds beautiful [in his eyes], to the point where he becomes proud of them, and then claims [responsibility for] them himself.… »

« He [also] said: Souls cannot gain [real] life until they die.4 His words: [42:13] He has prescribed for you as a religion that which he enjoined upon Noah… ⸢ He said⸣5 The first [prophet] to have made it unlawful [to mar… »

« Creator, the (al-Khāliq), 29, 45, 102, 270. See also name(s), of God criterion (furqān), 139 curse (laʿna), God’s upon Iblīs, 42 cut off, being (qaṭῑʿa), from God 104, 116, 162, 306. See also separation D dahr (time), 30… »

« He said: We opened their ears so that they could understand Our discourse (khiṭāb), and We made their hearts (af ʾida) as vessels (wiʿāʾ) for Our speech (kalām). We gave them true physiognomy (firāsa),5 by which they can… »

« truth even against your own self and others; to renounce falsehood in yourself or others; to love the people who are obedient to God and to detest those who disobey Him.  »

« for God is a blazing fire and is inaccessible. Yet we have no option but to plunge in [and try to reach Him]. And leave those who blaspheme His names [7:180], that is, those who are blasphe- mous with His names and deny… »

« they would have inherited the ranks of the righteous (abrār) and become beacons of guidance.’ His words: [7:187] He alone will reveal it at its proper time…41 That is, no one can reform the natural self (nafs al-ṭabʿ) fr… »

« 87 sitting. [To have] knowledge of your state you should see whether it is for God or for other than Him.19 If it is for God you may settle in it, but if it is for other than Him you should abandon it. This is the act of… »

« and Mary, 44 n21 muʿaqqibāt (angels of day and night), 100 and n1 and mystics’ hearts, xlii, 210 placed in charge of believers, 279 recording, 5, 45, 54, 205, 215, 242, 295 at service of every Muslim, 54 as witnesses, 54… »

« He was asked about His words: [2:273] [Charity is] for the poor, who are constrained in the way of God… Sahl was asked about these words and the difference between the poor (fuqarāʾ) and the abject (masākīn).145 He repli… »

« bāb al- (gate of [God’s] knowledge), xxiii n73, 10 n4 funūn al- (multifarious dimensions of God’s knowledge), 107 ʿindī (knowledge directly bestowed by God), xlvii, 42 istiʿmāl al- (putting knowledge into practice), 259… »

« and the published edition, ‘…yā rasūl Allāh.’ Qāla, are both assuming the statement to be a saying of the Prophet. This tradition appears with slight variation in Ibn Mubārak, Kitāb al-Zuhd wa’l-raqāʾiq (India, 1966), p.… »

« rubūbiyya (lordship/ lordliness), xxii n72, xxxvii, lv, 32, 46 and n33, 55 See also lordliness Tafsīr al-Tustarī 394 rūḥ pl. arwāḥ (spirit), xxxviii, xxxix, lix, 23 n63, 81, 120, 163, 168, 171 and n9, 172, 186, 201, 247,… »

«  1 All three MSS (Z515, f. 137a, F638, f. 68a and F3488, f. 320b) have qaṭʿ instead of ẓulma in the printed edition. 298 »

« cave was situated. He does not include the view that al-Raqīm is the name of the dog. In his long commentary on 18:9, Tafsīr al-Tustarī 116 His words, Exalted is He: [18:10] …‘Give us mercy from Yourself…’ That is, ‘Keep… »

« n146, 38, 39, 60, 77, 98 and n21, 154, 163, 176, 226, 227, 248, 283. See also neediness; poor material poverty, want (fāqa), should not be displayed, 263 n2 promised by Satan, 35 praise, praising (ḥamd), xli, lvii, 10, 1… »