abd
(al-‘abd)
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| (Language: Arabic) |
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‘abd |
| Short Description: |
Servant, slave. |
| Long Description: |
(A) In religious language, designates the worshiper, and, more generally, the creature as dependent on his Lord (rabb. (B) "servant" or "slave"; as used in Islam, the servant or worshiper of God in His aspect of Rabb or "Lord". |
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(A) Introduction to Sufi Doctrine (by Titus Burckhardt) (B) Fullness of God, The: Frithjof Schuon on Christianity By Frithjof Schuon Edited by Dr. James S. Cutsinger |
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