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Glossary of terms used in Islam  
 
 

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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