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« choice: election ashqiyāʾ (the wretched), 183. See also shaqāwa; wretchedness aṣl pl. uṣūl (fundamentals), of religious knowledge or theology, 9 n39, 88, 90, 117, 151, 173, 254 asmāʾ (names), of God, xviii, 220. See also name(s), of God aspirant(s) (murῑd pl. murῑdūn), xxix, xlix, l. See also seeker(s) aspiration (himma), li, liii–liv, 40, 76, 92, 249 and n11, 301 n2 base, 233 ʿAṣr (afternoon prayer), 35 and n126. See also prayer assistance (maʿūna), from God, 14, 90, 128, 226. See also aid withdrawal of, 57 association, of partners with God (shirk), 98, 177, 234, 263, 310–1. See also idolatry »