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Glossary of terms used in Islam  
 
 

'ulama.(sing. 'alim)
    (Language:   Arabic)
"those who know, scholars" (more)

‘alim
    (Language:   Arabic)
The word usually refers to a jurist an expert in Islamic jurisprudence (more)

‘aqida (pl. ‘aqa’id)
    (Language:   Arabic)
Creedal statements that summarize the basic tenets of faith in Islam. (more)

‘aqli
    (Language:   Arabic)
as an adjective, as in "the ‘aqlī sciences": The philosophical and intellectual sciences such as can be learned naturally through the use of innate reason and intelligence. (more)
Related Terms: naqli

‘ilm al-kalam al-jadid
    (Language:   Arabic)
A new dialectical theology. (more)

‘irfan
    (Language:   Arabic)
Gnosis; knowledge of things as they are in themselves (more)
Related Terms: ma‘rifa

abd
    (alternate spellings:  ‘abd)
    (Language:   Arabic)
Servant, slave. (more)
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Ahadiyah
    (Language:   Arabic)
The Supreme and Transcendent Unity of the Divinity. (more)
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ahl al-hadith
    (Language:   Arabic)
Community of scholars committed to preserving of the Prophet Muḥammad. (more)

ahl al-kitab
    (Language:   Arabic)
Term referring to those communities of non-Muslim peoples who have been given a sacred scripture by God. (more)
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Akhir
    (Language:   Arabic)
In Islam, a name of God meaning "The Last". (more)

al-kawnu insanun kabirun wa-l- insanu kawnun saghir
    (Language:   Arabic)
Sufi saying. (more)
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alam al-ajsam
    (Language:   Arabic)
“The world of bodies.” (more)
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alam al-arwah
    (Language:   Arabic)
“The world of (pure) spirits.” (more)
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alam al-jabarut
    (Language:   Arabic)
"The world of Omnipotence." (more)
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alam al-mithal
    (Language:   Arabic)
“The world of analogies.” (more)
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Ali ibn Abi Talib
    (Language:   Arabic)
(name) early leader of Muslim community and Sufi saint (male), died 7th century. (more)
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Amr
    (Language:   Arabic)
Order, commandment. (more)
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ansar
    (Language:   Arabic)
"Helpers"; an honorific term referring to the people of the town of Yathrib (more)

apocatastasis
    (alternate spellings:  apokatastasis)
    (Language:   Greek)
“Restitution, restoration”; among certain Christian theologians, the doctrine that all creatures will finally be saved. (more)

aqil
    (Language:   Arabic)
Knower, intelligent. (more)
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Aql
    (Language:   Arabic)
Intellect. (more)
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arif
    (Language:   Arabic)
Knower, gnostic. (more)
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Asma Dhatiyah
    (Language:   Arabic)
Names of the Essence. (more)
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Asma Sifatiyah
    (Language:   Arabic)
Names of the Qualities. (more)
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Awwal
    (Language:   Arabic)
The “First”; in Islam, al-Awwal is a divine Name, as in the Koranic verse, “He is the First and the Last, the Outward and the Inward” (Sūrah “Iron” [57]:3). (more)

ayah
    (alternate spellings:  aya)
    (Language:   Arabic)
In Islam, a “sign” or “mark” of Allah’s existence or power; also refers to a "verse" of the Koran (more)

ayn (pl. ‘ayan)
    (alternate spellings:  ‘ayn, 'ayn)
    (Language:   Arabic)
Essence, first determination, eye, spring. (more)
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ayn al-qalb
    (Language:   Arabic)
The eye of the heart, the organ of intellectual intuition. (more)
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baqa
    (Language:   Arabic)
Subsistence, duration. (more)
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barakah
    (Language:   Arabic)
Blessing, spiritual influence. (more)
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barzakh
    (Language:   Arabic)
Isthmus. (more)
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basmalah
    (alternate spellings:  basmala)
    (Language:   Arabic)
Formula of blessing, found at the beginning of all but one of the sūrahs of the Koran. (more)

bast
    (Language:   Arabic)
Expansion. (more)
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batin
    (Language:   Arabic)
Inner, hidden. (more)
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bayah
    (Language:   Arabic)
Pact. (more)
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bid‘a
    (Language:   Arabic)
Innovation. A heavily debated term in contemporary Islam; many strident puritans claim that all innovation is forbidden (ḥarām) in Islam. (more)

Biruni
    (Language:   Persian)
(name) scholar (male), born 973, died 1048. (more)
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convivencia
    (Language:   Spanish)
Coexistence and co-habitation (more)

daqaiq (s. daqiqah)
    (Language:   Arabic)
Finesse, subtlety. (more)
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dar al-‘ahd
    (Language:   Arabic)
"The abode of agreement" (more)

dar al-harb
    (Language:   Arabic)
"The abode of war"; denotes the opposite of dār al-islām. (more)

dar al-islam
    (Language:   Arabic)
"The abode of Islam" (more)

dar al-sulh
    (Language:   Arabic)
"The abode of peace" (more)

Darqawi
    (Language:   Arabic)
(name) a Sufi (male), died 1823. (more)
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Darqawiyah
    (alternate spellings:  Derqawiyah)
    (Language:   Arabic)
Sufi order. (more)
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Deoband
    (Language:   Place Name)
An influential seminary founded in 1867 at Deoband, India by ‘ulamā’ (more)

dhakir
    (Language:   Arabic)
“The one who invokes” or “remembers”; in Sufism, dhākir usually means the human devotee who practices invocation as a spiritual method; it can also mean the supreme Self as the sole agent of consciousness; see dhikr, Madhkūr. (more)

Dhat
    (Language:   Arabic)
Essence, Quiddity. (more)
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dhikr
    (alternate spellings:  zikr)
    (Language:   Arabic)
"remembrance" of God, based upon the repeated invocation of His Name (more)

dhimmi
    (Language:   Arabic)
"One who is protected"; referring to non-Muslims living within the borders of the Islamic state who participated in maintaining it. (more)

double-truth theory
    (Language:   English)
A famous debate in medieval philosophy according to which there are two distinct sets of truth: religious and philosophical. (more)

fana
    (Language:   Arabic)
Extinction, evanescence. (more)
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faqr
    (Language:   Arabic)
Indigence, spiritual poverty. (more)
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farq
    (Language:   Arabic)
Separation, separative consciousness. (more)
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fatwa (pl. fatawa)
    (Language:   Arabic)
A legal opinion issued by a scholar of Islamic law. (more)

fayd
    (alternate spellings:  Fayz)
    (Language:   Arabic)
Overflowing, outpouring, flux, effusion, emanation. (more)
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fiqh
    (Language:   Arabic)
The science or discipline of Islamic law whereby legal opinions (fatwās) are derived from the Qur’ān and the sayings of the Prophet Muḥammad (ḥadīth). (more)

fitra
    (Language:   Arabic)
The original, unblemished state of human nature. (more)

five pillars of Islam
    (Language:   English)
The foundations of the religion of Islam. (more)

fundamentalism
    (Language:   English)
An umbrella term used primarily for modern Muslim movements that are characterized by a call to return to the Qur’ān and sunna. (more)

Fusus al-Hikam
    (Language:   Arabic)
Renowned 13th century Sufi treatise. (more)
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Futuhat al-Makkiyah
    (Language:   Arabic)
Voluminous 13th century Sufi treatise. (more)
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game theory
    (Language:   English)
A theory of rational behavior for interaction between agents regulated by a set of rules and a set of outcomes. (more)

ghafilun
    (Language:   Arabic)
Literally, “the heedless”; in Islam, ghaflah is the sin of indifference toward God. (more)

Ghaflah
    (Language:   Arabic)
Negligence, heedlessness, unconsciousness. (more)
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Ghayb
    (alternate spellings:  Ghaib)
    (Language:   Arabic)
Hidden, mystery, unmanifest. (more)
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Ghayrah
    (Language:   Arabic)
Zeal, jealousy. (more)
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Ghazali
    (alternate spellings:  Ghazzali)
    (Language:   Arabic)
(name) jurist, later Sufi theologian (male), born 1058, died 1111. (more)
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Haba
    (Language:   Arabic)
Universal Substance. (more)
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Hadara (pl. Hadarat)
    (Language:   Arabic)
The Divine Presence; also collective invocation accompanied by dancing (more)
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Hadith, (pl. Ahadith)
    (Language:   Arabic)
Saying(s) of the Prophet. (more)
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Hafz
    (Language:   Arabic)
Memory. (more)
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Hahut
    (Language:   Arabic)
The Essential Nature of God. (more)
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hajj
    (Language:   Arabic)
The rite of pilgrimage to Mecca (more)

hal (pl. ahwal)
    (Language:   Arabic)
Spiritual state. (more)
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Hallaj
    (Language:   Arabic)
(name) Sufi martyr (male), born 858, died 922. (more)
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hanif
    (Language:   Arabic)
In Islam, one who remains true to the fitrah. (more)

Haqiqa
    (Language:   Arabic)
Truth, Reality. (more)
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Haqiqat haqaiq
    (Language:   Arabic)
“The Truth of truths,” or “The Reality of realities.” (more)
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Haqq
    (Language:   Arabic)
Truth or Reality. (more)
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hayawan natiq
    (Language:   Arabic)
Animal endowed with speech. (more)
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haybah
    (Language:   Arabic)
Reverential fear. (more)
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haykal
    (Language:   Arabic)
Temple, bodily form. (more)
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Hayula
    (Language:   Arabic)
Arabicized form of Greek Hyle. (more)
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hijab
    (Language:   Arabic)
Veil, curtain. (more)
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hikma
    (Language:   Arabic)
Literally, "wisdom." (more)

himmah
    (Language:   Arabic)
The force of decision, spiritual aspiration. (more)
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hiss
    (Language:   Arabic)
The faculty of sensation, the domain of the senses. (more)
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hukm
    (Language:   Arabic)
Judgment. (more)
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humanism
    (Language:   English)
The intellectual viewpoint increasingly prevalent in the West since the time of the Renaissance, replacing the traditional view of God. (more)

huruf
    (Language:   Arabic)
The letters of the Arabic alphabet, and the sounds they represent. (more)
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Huwiyah
    (Language:   Arabic)
The Divine Aseity or Ipseity. (more)
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Ibn al-Arif
    (Language:   Arabic)
(name) a Sufi (male), 12th century. (more)
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Ibn Arabi
    (Language:   Arabic)
(name) Sufi saint (male); expositor of gnosis, born 1165, died 1240. (more)
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Ibn Ataillah al-Iskandari
    (Language:   Arabic)
(name) Sufi saint (male), died 1309. (more)
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Ibn Mashish
    (Language:   Arabic)
(name) a Sufi (male), 12th century. (more)
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Ibrahim Ibn adham
    (Language:   Arabic)
(name) early Sufi saint (male), died 783. (more)
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ihsan
    (Language:   Arabic)
Sanctifying virtue, spiritual beauty. (more)
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Ihya ulum ad-din
    (Language:   Arabic)
Sufi treatise (more)
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ijad
    (Language:   Arabic)
Bringing to existence (wujūd); literally, “existentiation.” (more)
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ijma‘
    (Language:   Arabic)
Consensus of the Muslim community on a particular legal issue. (more)

ijtihad
    (Language:   Arabic)
A creative but disciplined intellectual effort to derive legal rulings for new situations from the accepted juridical sources of Islam. (more)

ikhlas
    (Language:   Arabic)
Sincerity, purity of intention. (more)
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imam
    (Language:   Arabic)
Model, prototype. (more)
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iman
    (Language:   Arabic)
"Faith" or "belief"; the word also has connotations of "security" and "safety." (more)

imarah
    (Language:   Arabic)
Sufi dance. (more)
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Insan al-kamil
    (Language:   Arabic)
“perfect man” or “universal man.” (more)
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instrumental rationality
    (Language:   English)
A "means-end" view of rationality that ranks actions in terms of their likelihood to satisfy a given set of objectives (more)

isharah
    (Language:   Arabic)
Allusion, symbolism. (more)
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istidad
    (Language:   Arabic)
Predisposition, aptitude. (more)
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ittisaf bis-Sifat al-ilahiyah
    (Language:   Arabic)
“Assimilation of (or: to) the Divine Qualities.” (more)
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Jabarut
    (Language:   Arabic)
The world of the Divine Omnipotence or Immensity. (more)
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Jabrail
    (alternate spellings:  Jabrail, Jabril, Jibril)
    (Language:   Arabic)
The archangel Gabriel. (more)
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jadhb
    (Language:   Arabic)
Divine attraction. (more)
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jahl al-murakkab
    (Language:   Arabic)
Compound ignorance. (more)

Jalal
    (Language:   Arabic)
Divine Rigor; awe-inspiring Majesty. (more)
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jama
    (Language:   Arabic)
Synthesis, union, unitive consciousness. (more)
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Jami
    (Language:   Persian)
(name) Persian Sufi (male), born 1414, died 1492. (more)
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jihad al-akbar
    (Language:   Arabic)
Greater holy war. (more)
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jihad al-asghar
    (Language:   Arabic)
Lesser holy war. (more)
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Jilani
    (Language:   Arabic)
(name) a Sufi saint (male), born in 1077, died in 1166 in Baghdad. (more)
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Jili
    (Language:   Arabic)
(name) a Sufi saint (male), born in c.1365, died in c.1417. (more)
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jinnah
    (alternate spellings:  jinn)
    (Language:   Arabic)
Genii. (more)
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jizya
    (Language:   Arabic)
The tax levied upon non-Muslims living within the borders of the Islamic state. (more)

Junayd
    (Language:   Arabic)
(name) famous Sufi master (male), died 910. (more)
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Ka‘ba
    (Language:   Arabic)
The Black Cube, the primordial house of worship in Mecca that is the holiest site in Islam, and to which all Muslims orient themselves when praying. (more)

kafir (pl. kafirun)
    (Language:   Arabic)
Often translated as "unbeliever"; literally, "one who covers over," meaning 'one who covers over truth' in some way or another. (more)

kalam
    (Language:   Arabic)
Dialectical theology based upon reason and rational investigation. (more)

Karb
    (Language:   Arabic)
Tautening, distress. (more)
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kashf
    (Language:   Arabic)
Intuition. (more)
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khalifa (pl. khulafa)
    (Language:   Arabic)
Vicegerent or representative of God. (more)

khalwa
    (Language:   Arabic)
Seclusion, spiritual retreat. (more)
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khanqa (in Arabic: ribat)
    (Language:   Persian)
A Persian term for a Sufi retreat or cloister (more)

khatim al-wilayah
    (Language:   Arabic)
“The seal of Sanctity.” (more)
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khatim an-Nubuwwah
    (Language:   Arabic)
“The seal of Prophecy.” (more)
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kimiya as-saadah
    (Language:   Arabic)
“The Alchemy of Bliss.” (more)
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kufr
    (Language:   Arabic)
"Ungrateful," "truth-covering"; usually translated as "unbelief" or "infidelity." (more)

kun
    (Language:   Arabic)
“Be!” (more)
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la ilaha illa Llah
    (Language:   Arabic)
Arabic. “There is no god but God”; see shahadah. (more)

Lahut
    (Language:   Arabic)
Divine Nature. (more)
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lawaih
    (Language:   Arabic)
Glimmers, intuitions. (more)
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lawami
    (Language:   Arabic)
Flashes, sudden intuitions. (more)
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Lawh al-mahfuz
    (Language:   Arabic)
Guarded Tablet. (more)
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Laylat al-Miraj
    (Language:   Arabic)
Literally, “Night of the Ascent”; in Islam, the night in which the Prophet Muhammad was miraculously transported to Jerusalem before ascending to the divine Presence; in Sufism, the prototype of the highest station of mystical experience. (more)

Laylat al-Qadr
    (Language:   Arabic)
Literally, “Night of Power”; the night in the year 610 A.D. during which the Koran descended in its entirety into the heart of the Prophet Muhammad. (more)

lubb
    (Language:   Arabic)
Kernel. (more)
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madhhab
    (Language:   Arabic)
A school of jurisprudence. (more)

Madhkur
    (Language:   Arabic)
“The One invoked” or “remembered”; God, the Absolute; see dhikr, dhākir. (more)

madrasa
    (Language:   Arabic)
Literally, "a place of study." (more)

mahabbah
    (Language:   Arabic)
Love, spiritual love. (more)
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Mahasin al-Majalis
    (Language:   Arabic)
“Beauties of the Assemblies.” (more)
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majdhub
    (Language:   Arabic)
One who undergoes the divine attraction (al-jadhb). (more)
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Malakut
    (Language:   Arabic)
Permanent Sovereignty. (more)
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mana
    (alternate spellings:  maana)
    (Language:   Arabic)
Meaning, signification, spiritual perception. (more)
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marifa
    (alternate spellings:  ma‘rifa, ma‘rifah , marifah)
    (Language:   Arabic)
Knowledge, gnosis. (more)
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Mevlevi
    (alternate spellings:  Mawlawi)
    (Language:   Turkish)
Dervish order founded by Mawlānā Jalāl ad-Dīn Rćmī. (more)
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mi‘raj
    (Language:   Arabic)
"The Night Journey" of the Prophet Muḥammad. Also called the "nocturnal ascent," (more)

mishkah
    (Language:   Arabic)
Niche, tabernacle. (more)
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modernism
    (Language:   English)
The predominant post-Renaissance and post-Enlightenment worldview of Western civilization marked by rationalism, scientism, and humanism. (more)

mudhakkarah
    (Language:   Arabic)
Spiritual talk. (more)
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muhaddith
    (Language:   Arabic)
A scholar of the sciences of the sayings of the Prophet Muḥammad.. (more)

muhajir (pl. muhajirun)
    (Language:   Arabic)
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. (more)

muhaqqiq
    (Language:   Arabic)
Verifier; one who sees things as they are in themselves, without obfuscations. (more)

mujahid (pl. mujahidun)
    (Language:   Arabic)
Literally "one who exerts himself" (more)

mumkinat
    (Language:   Arabic)
The possibilities. (more)
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munafiq (pl. munafiqun)
    (Language:   Arabic)
"Hypocrite." (more)

murshid
    (Language:   Arabic)
Spiritual master. (more)
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mushrik (pl. mushrikun)
    (Language:   Arabic)
A polytheist; literally, "one who falsely associates (something) with God," (more)

mutakallim
    (Language:   Arabic)
A scholar of dialectical theology. (more)

Nafas ar-Rahman
    (Language:   Arabic)
“The Outbreathing of the Compassionate.” (more)
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nafassa
    (Language:   Arabic)
To Breathe, breathe out, dilate, console. (more)
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nafs
    (Language:   Arabic)
Soul, psyche. (more)
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Nafs al-kulliyah
    (Language:   Arabic)
The Universal Soul, which includes all individual souls. (more)
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naqli
    (Language:   Arabic)
A reference to those sciences that can be learned only through transmission, going back ultimately to the founder of the science in question, and, in the case of the religious sciences, to the Revelation itself. (more)

Naqshbandiyah
    (Language:   Arabic)
Sufi order of Persian origin. (more)
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nisab kulliya
    (Language:   Arabic)
Universal relationships, universal categories. (more)
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Nur
    (Language:   Arabic)
Light. (more)
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Omar al-Khayyam
    (alternate spellings:  Kayyam)
    (Language:   Persian)
(name) Persian Sufi (male), born 1048, died 1131. (more)
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Omar ibn al-Farid
    (alternate spellings:  Fariz, Umar)
    (Language:   Arabic)
(name) Sufi poet (male), born 1182, died 1235. (more)
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pir
    (alternate spellings:  pîr, pīr)
    (Language:   Persian)
In Persian, literally, "old"; the term is used in Sufism to refer to a spiritual master, a shaykh (in Arabic) (more)
Related Terms: shaykh murshid

qabd
    (Language:   Arabic)
Contraction. (more)
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qabil (pl. qawabil)
    (Language:   Arabic)
Receptacle, passive and receptive substance. (more)
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Qadiriyah
    (Language:   Arabic)
Sufi order. (more)
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qadr
    (Language:   Arabic)
Power, predestination, the measure of the power inherent in a thing. (more)
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Qalam al-ala
    (Language:   Arabic)
The Supreme Pen. (more)
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qalb
    (Language:   Arabic)
Heart. (more)
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Qashani
    (Language:   Arabic)
(name) a Sufi writer (male), died 1329. (more)
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qiyas
    (Language:   Arabic)
Analogical reasoning as used in Islamic jurisprudence. (more)

Quraysh
    (Language:   Arabic)
The dominant tribal group in Mecca. (more)

Qutb
    (Language:   Arabic)
Pole. (more)
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rabb
    (Language:   Arabic)
"Lord"; in Islam, God in His aspect of Sovereign or Ruler; the divine complement of man as ‘abd. (more)

Rahmah
    (Language:   Arabic)
Divine Mercy (more)
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rasul
    (Language:   Arabic)
Envoy, messenger. (more)
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Rasulallah
    (Language:   Arabic)
"Messenger of God"; the most common appellation for the Prophet Muḥammad. (more)

rationalism
    (Language:   English)
The philosophical position that sees reason as the ultimate arbiter of truth. (more)

ribat
    (Language:   Arabic)
An Arabic term for a Sufi retreat or cloister (more)
Related Terms: khanqa

Rightly-guided Caliphs
    (Language:   English)
The first four leaders of the Islamic community after the death of the Prophet of Islam in 632 C.E.: Abū Bakr, ‘Umar, ‘Uthmān, and ‘Alī. (more)

Risalat al-Ahadiya
    (Language:   Arabic)
“The Epistle of the Unity.” (more)
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Ruh
    (Language:   Arabic)
Spirit. (more)
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Rumi
    (Language:   Persian)
(name) famous Sufi (male) of Konya (Turkey), born 1207, died 1273. (more)
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ruyah
    (Language:   Arabic)
Vision. (more)
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Sahl at-Tustari
    (Language:   Arabic)
(name) early Sufi (male), born 818, died 896. (more)
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Sakinah
    (Language:   Arabic)
The Divine Peace which dwells in a sanctuary or in the heart. (more)
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salaf
    (Language:   Arabic)
"The pious forbears" (more)

sama
    (Language:   Arabic)
Audition, hearing. (more)
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Sayyidna Isa
    (Language:   Arabic)
“Our Lord Jesus.” (more)
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secularism
    (Language:   English)
The worldview that seeks to maintain religion and the sacred in the private domain (more)

Shadhili
    (Language:   Arabic)
(name) a Sufi (male), born 1196, died 1252. (more)
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shahadah
    (Language:   Arabic)
Testimony. (more)
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shariah
    (Language:   Arabic)
The sacred, revealed Law. (more)
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shaykh
    (alternate spellings:  cheikh, shaikh, sheikh)
    (Language:   Arabic)
a term of respect for an elder, a chieftain, a scholar; in esoteric Islam, the head of a Sufi Order (more)
Related Terms: pir

Shi‘ism
    (Language:   Arabic)
(Derived from the Arabic word Shī‘ī, meaning "party" or "sect".) The smaller of the two major branches of Islam, comprising about fifteen percent of Muslims. (more)

shughl
    (Language:   Arabic)
"work"; in Sufism, spiritual exercise or effort. (more)

Shuhud
    (Language:   Arabic)
Consciousness, the quality of witnessing. (more)
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silsilah
    (Language:   Arabic)
Chain. (more)
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Sirr
    (Language:   Arabic)
Secret, mystery. (more)
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sufi
    (Language:   Arabic)
Sufi: adherent of Sufism. (more)
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Suhrawardi of Alep
    (Language:   Persian)
A Persian Sufi, died 1191. (more)
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sunna
    (alternate spellings:  sunnah)
    (Language:   Arabic)
Wont; the model established by the Prophet Muḥammad, as transmitted in the ḥadīth. (more)

Sunnism
    (Language:   Arabic)
(Derived from the Arabic word sunna.) The larger of the two main branches of Islam. (more)
Related Terms: sunna

sura
    (alternate spellings:  surah)
    (Language:   Arabic)
A chapter or division of the Koran (more)

Taayyun
    (Language:   Arabic)
Determination, individuation. (more)
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tabiah
    (Language:   Arabic)
Nature. (more)
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tafsir
    (Language:   Arabic)
Commentary, interpretation; refers to the fourteen hundred year tradition of Qur’ānic commentary in Islam. (more)

tahqiq
    (Language:   Arabic)
Verification (more)

tajalli
    (Language:   Arabic)
Unveiling, revelation, irradiation. (more)
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tanzih
    (Language:   Arabic)
Remoteness, exaltation. (more)
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tanzil
    (Language:   Arabic)
Descent. (more)
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tarbiya
    (Language:   Arabic)
The process of training and disciplining the soul (nafs). (more)

tariqah
    (alternate spellings:  tariqa)
    (Language:   Arabic)
Literally, “path” in Arabic. In exoteric Islam, it is a virtual synonym for sharî‘ah, equivalent to the “straight path” mentioned in the Fatihah, the first verse of the Koran. However, in esoteric Islam, Sufism, the mystical path leading from (more)

Tasawwuf
    (Language:   Arabic)
Sufism. (more)
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tawakkul
    (Language:   Arabic)
Complete “reliance” on God and “trust” that He alone is sufficient for all one’s needs. (more)

tawbah
    (alternate spellings:  tawba)
    (Language:   Arabic)
In Islam, “repentance” from sin. Also "penitence." (more)

tawhid
    (Language:   Arabic)
The affirmation of the Unity. (more)
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tazkiya
    (Language:   Arabic)
Purification of the heart; often referred to in conjunction with tarbiya. (more)

Tradition
    (Language:   English)
(as the term is used by "Traditionalists" and in the "Perennial Philosopy":) Divine Revelation and the unfolding and development of its sacred content (more)

tul
    (Language:   Arabic)
Height. (more)
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turuq (s. tariqah)
    (Language:   Arabic)
Road or path. (more)
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udum
    (alternate spellings:  adam)
    (Language:   Arabic)
Non-existence, absence, Non-Being, nothingness. (more)
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umma
    (Language:   Arabic)
"Community," or "people." A Qur’ānic term used to refer to the various peoples and nations of the earth. (more)

umq
    (Language:   Arabic)
Depth. (more)
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Unmudhaj al-farid
    (alternate spellings:  Anmudhaj)
    (Language:   Arabic)
The Unique Prototype. (more)
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Unsur al-azam
    (Language:   Arabic)
The Supreme Element. (more)
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urd
    (Language:   Arabic)
Breadth. (more)
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usul al-fiqh
    (Language:   Arabic)
Principles of jurisprudence; the technical science of deriving legal rulings from the Qur’ān and ḥadīth. (more)

Wahdah
    (Language:   Arabic)
Divine Solitude. (more)
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wahid
    (Language:   Arabic)
One, alone. (more)
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Wahidiyah
    (Language:   Arabic)
The (Divine) Uniqueness. (more)
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wahm
    (Language:   Arabic)
Opinion, conjecture. (more)
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wahy
    (alternate spellings:  wahi)
    (Language:   Arabic)
"Divine Revelation," received by a prophet from God (more)

wajd
    (Language:   Arabic)
Existential intuition, identification with Being (wujūd), ecstasies. (more)
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Wajh Allah
    (Language:   Arabic)
The Face of God. (more)
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wali
    (Language:   Arabic)
literally, "benefactor, protector"; used in the Koran especially of God (more)

warid
    (Language:   Arabic)
Inspiration, spiritual perception. (more)
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Yathrib
    (Language:   Arabic)
The original name for the city of Madīna (more)

zahir
    (Language:   Arabic)
External, apparent. (more)
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zakat
    (Language:   Arabic)
"alms" for the poor, which is a tithe levied upon the wealth and property of Muslims. (more)

zawiyah
    (alternate spellings:  zawiya, zāwiya, zāwiyah)
    (Language:   Arabic)
In Arabic, literally, “corner, nook”; in Sufism, any place of prayer and retreat (more)

zuhd
    (Language:   Arabic)
Ascesis. (more)
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