baqa
(Language: Arabic)
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Subsistence, duration.
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barakah
(Language: Arabic)
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Blessing, spiritual influence.
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barzakh
(Language: Arabic)
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Isthmus.
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basmalah
(alternate spellings: basmala)
(Language: Arabic)
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Formula of blessing, found at the beginning of all but one of the sūrahs of the Koran.
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bast
(Language: Arabic)
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Expansion.
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batin
(Language: Arabic)
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Inner, hidden.
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bayah
(Language: Arabic)
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Pact.
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bid‘a
(Language: Arabic)
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Innovation. A heavily debated term in contemporary Islam; many strident puritans claim that all innovation is forbidden (ḥarām) in Islam.
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Biruni
(Language: Persian)
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(name) scholar (male), born 973, died 1048.
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©2003 Dictionary of Spiritual Terms
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