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Tazkiyah (Arabic: تزكية) is an Arabic-Islamic term alluding to tazkiyat al-nafs, meaning 'sanctification' or 'purification of the self'. This refers to the process of transforming the nafs (carnal self or desires) from its state of self-centrality through various spiritual stages towards the level of purity and submission to the will of God. [1]
Theologus Autodidactus (English: "The Self-taught Theologian") is an Arabic novel written by Ibn al-Nafis, originally titled The Treatise of Kāmil on the Prophet's Biography (Arabic: الرسالة الكاملية في السيرة النبوية), and also known as Risālat Fādil ibn Nātiq ("The Book of Fādil ibn Nātiq").
Minority Shi‘a communities, since the earliest days of Islam, were often forced to practice pious circumspection (taqiyya) as an instinctive method of self-preservation and protection, an obligatory practice in the lands which became known as the realm of pious circumspection (dār al-taqiyya). Therefore, the recurring theme is that during ...
Illustration of Muḥammad on a ladder, from the sole copy of the Livre de l'eschiele Mahomet. The Book of Muḥammad's Ladder is a first-person account of the Islamic prophet Muḥammad's night journey and ascent to heaven (), translated into Latin (as Liber scalae Machometi) and Old French (as Livre de l'eschiele Mahomet) from traditional Arabic materials.
These self-references are part of the argumentative strategies desired by the author or authors [4] of the Qur'an to get its message across. [2] The first strategy is the insertion of the Qur'an into the discourse on natural phenomena, on eschatology [1] and on divine omnipotence.
The most important expression in Islam. It is part of the first pillar of Islam. According to Islam, this is the message of all the Prophets, such as Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad. Labbayka -llāhumma (لبّيكَ اللّهُم) God, I obey you (said during hajj) Laghw (لغو) Dirty, false, evil vain talk Laʿnah (لعنة)
The Quran mentions the Zabur, interpreted as being the Book of Psalms, [14] as being the holy scripture revealed to King David . Scholars have often understood the Psalms to have been holy songs of praise, and not a book administering law. [15] The current Psalms are still praised by many Muslim scholars. [16]
A fifteenth-century copy of the Arabic text. The Masāʾil was probably written in the tenth century. [14] Although ʿAbdallāh was a historical Jewish convert to Islam from the time of Muḥammad, the Masāʾil is an apocryphal work, a late development of the ʿAbdallāh legend, "amplified dramatically" and not an authentic record of actual discussions. [15]