Part 19

Sawm: figh: fasting, one of the pillars of Islam.

Shaghafah: crazed passion.

Shahadah: testification, witness. The declaration that none has the right to be worshipped save Allah and that Muhammad ($8) is the Messenger of Allah.

Shahwa: carnal lusts.

Shari‘ah; divine Islamic law as ordained by Allah.

Sharik: pattner, associate.

Shaykh: old man. figh: learned person, scholar. suff: a guide along the spiritual path.

Shaytan: Satan, Iblis, a devil.

Shirk: polytheism, associating partners with Allah in matters that are exclusive to Allah.

Glossary of Arabic Terms

Sunan: a compilation of abadith.

Sunnah: habit, customary practice, norm and usage as sanctioned by tradition. figh: the sayings, commands, prohibitions, actions, and tacit approvals of the Prophet (4g).

Sarak: chaptet of the Qur'an.

Surak. image, form, face.

Taghut: all that is falsely worshipped besides Allah.

Tafsir. elucidation, clarification, explanation. figh. of the Qur’an.

Taqwa: fearful awareness of Allah, pious dedication, being careful not to transgress the bounds set by Allah.

Tawakkui: trust and absolute reliance.

Tawbid. the foundation stone of Islam, the absolute belief in the Oneness of Allah - His being the sole Creator and Sustainer, His being the only One deserving worship and His being unique with respect to His Names and Attributes.

Ummah. nation, the Muslim nation.

Wada’: figh: ritual ablution.

Zakah: figh: one of the pillars of Islam, an obligatory tax levied on a Muslim wealth subject to certain criteria.

Zindig: heretic, figh: Hanafi - one who does not adhere to a religion; Others - one who is a disbeliever pretending to be a Muslim.

Zalim. one who commits gu/m: injustice, harm, transgression either against Allah, himself or another creation.

Zuhd: asceticism.

English References

Hasan, Ahmad, Swnan Abu Dawud, sh. Muhammad Ashraf Publishers and Booksellers, Lahore, Pakistan.

Khan, Muhammad Muhsin, and Hilali, Taqi-ud-Din, Jnterpretation of the Meaning of the Noble Quran in the English Language; Dar us-Salaam Publication, Riyad, Saudi Arabia.

Khan, Muhammad Muhsin, and Hilali, Taqi-ud-Din, The Translations of the Meaning of Sahih al Bukhari (9 volumes); Kazi Publications, Lahore, Pakistan.

Robson, James, Mishkat al-Masabib, sh. Muhammad Ashraf Publishers and Booksellers, Lahore, Pakistan.

Siddiqi, Abdul Hamid, Sahih Muslim (4 volumes); Dar al-Arabia, Beirut, Lebanon

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