madhhab
(Language: Arabic)
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A school of jurisprudence.
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Madhkur
(Language: Arabic)
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“The One invoked” or “remembered”; God, the Absolute; see dhikr, dhākir.
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madrasa
(Language: Arabic)
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Literally, "a place of study."
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mahabbah
(Language: Arabic)
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Love, spiritual love.
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Mahasin al-Majalis
(Language: Arabic)
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“Beauties of the Assemblies.”
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majdhub
(Language: Arabic)
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One who undergoes the divine attraction (al-jadhb).
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Malakut
(Language: Arabic)
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Permanent Sovereignty.
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mana
(alternate spellings: maana)
(Language: Arabic)
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Meaning, signification, spiritual perception.
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marifa
(alternate spellings: ma‘rifa, ma‘rifah , marifah)
(Language: Arabic)
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Knowledge, gnosis.
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Mevlevi
(alternate spellings: Mawlawi)
(Language: Turkish)
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Dervish order founded by Mawlānā Jalāl ad-Dīn Rćmī.
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mi‘raj
(Language: Arabic)
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"The Night Journey" of the Prophet Muḥammad. Also called the "nocturnal ascent,"
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mishkah
(Language: Arabic)
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Niche, tabernacle.
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modernism
(Language: English)
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The predominant post-Renaissance and post-Enlightenment worldview of Western civilization marked by rationalism, scientism, and humanism.
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mudhakkarah
(Language: Arabic)
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Spiritual talk.
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muhaddith
(Language: Arabic)
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A scholar of the sciences of the sayings of the Prophet Muḥammad..
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muhajir (pl. muhajirun)
(Language: Arabic)
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An honorific term referring to those Muslims in Mecca who made the hijra (migration) with the Prophet from Mecca to Madīna in 622 C. E.
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muhaqqiq
(Language: Arabic)
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Verifier; one who sees things as they are in themselves, without obfuscations.
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mujahid (pl. mujahidun)
(Language: Arabic)
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Literally "one who exerts himself"
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mumkinat
(Language: Arabic)
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The possibilities.
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munafiq (pl. munafiqun)
(Language: Arabic)
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"Hypocrite."
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murshid
(Language: Arabic)
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Spiritual master.
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mushrik (pl. mushrikun)
(Language: Arabic)
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A polytheist; literally, "one who falsely associates (something) with God,"
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mutakallim
(Language: Arabic)
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A scholar of dialectical theology.
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