[1] Shari'at: (pl. of Shari'a) i) rules and commandments as a whole of the religion. ii) religion. [2] sunnat: i) (when used alone) The Shari'at; ii) (when used together with the name Book) The hadith of the Prophet. iii) (when used together with the word Fard) Any action, word or thought liked and commanded by the Prophet. [3] bid'at: (pl. bida') heresy; false, disliked belief or practice that did not exist in the four sources of Islam but which has been introduced later as an Islamic belief or 'ibada in expectation of thawab (blessings) ; heresy. [4] tasawwuf: (Islamic sufism as defined by Islam) knowledge and (after adapting oneself to fiqh) practice of the manners of the Prophet ('alaihi 's-salam) which strengthens iman, makes the practice of fiqh easy and provides one to attain ma'rifa; 'ilm at-tasawwuf. [See the book Maktubat by Ahmad al-Faruqi as-Sirhindi (rahmatullahi ta'ala 'alaih)]. [5] ayat: A verse of al-Qur'an al-karim; al-ayat al-karima. [6] suura(t): a Qur'anic chapter [a chapter of the Qur'an]. [7] awliya: (pl. of Wali) a person loved by Allahu ta'ala. [8] Hadrat: title of respect used before the names of great people like and Islamic scholars. [9] As'hab-i kiram: (as-Sahabat al-kiram); the Companions of Rasulullah. [10] umma(t) followers of Muhammad ('alaihi 's-salam); the community, body of believers, of a prophet. [11] salat: i) prayer; (with salam)= salawat; ii) ritual prayer of at least two rak'as; "namaz", in Persian; salat janaza: funeral prayer. [12] zakat: (fard duty of giving annually) certain amount of certain kinds of property to certain kinds of people, by which the remaining property becomes purified and blessed and the Muslim who gives it protects himself against being (called) a miser. See chapter 1 in Endless Bliss V. [13] wali: (pl. Awliya') one who is loved and protected by Allahu ta'ala; a salih who has also corrected his nafs. [14] murshid: guide, director. [15] halal: (act, thing) permitted in Islam. [16] qada: the instance of happening or creation of what is predestined; qadar, predestination of everything as Allahu ta'ala has decreed from eternity. |