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List of works by Muhammad

Akhfa

Concept of Sufism

Al-'Ashr al-Awakher

days and nights of fasting Ramadan month

Alchoranus latinus

work by Mark of Toledo

Alcoran

medieval Spanish translation of the Qu'ran by Juan of Segovia

Allah Jalla Jalaluhu

form of dhikr that involves the repetitive utterances glorifying Allah

Five Pillars of Islam

five basic acts in Islam

Itikaf

spiritual retreat in a mosque which can be undertaken at any time

Khafi

Concept of Sufism

Khuchu'

humility of the heart and the servant’s fear of God Almighty

Laylat al-Jaiza

the night preceding the Eid al-Fitr

Laylat al-Qadr

anniversary of two very important dates in Islam

Legends in the Quran

Lex Mahumet pseudoprophete

translation or paraphrase of the Quran into Latin; earliest European translation of the Quran

Lex Saracenorum, quam Alcoran vocant, id est, collectionem praeceptorum

1555 edition published in Basel

Machumetis Saracenorum principis, eiusque successorum vitae, docrina, ac ipse Alcoran

Muqatta'at

disjoined letters beginning some verses in the Qur'an of unknown meaning

Qareen

evil spiritual double of human in Islam

Qiyam al-Layl

Islamic worship during night

Rajāʾ

Hope and expectation in Islam and Sufism

Sabil Allah

the right way in Islam, the way of God, the path upon which one struggles for the sake of God. May consist of spiritual discipline, altruistic works, scholarship, or warfare.

Secret in Sufism

Concept of Sufism

Sunnah

prescribing traditional social, legal customs, practices of the Islamic community, often based on the record of teachings and sayings of Muhammad

Ta'ala'Allah

form of dhikr that involves the repetitive utterances glorifying Allah

Tabarak'Allah

form of dhikr that involves the repetitive utterances glorifying Allah

Tahajjud

voluntary salah offered in the middle of the night

Taklif

Islamic term of the theological and legal vocabulary denoting the fact of an imposition on the part of God of obligations on his creatures, of subjecting them to a law

Taqwa

Islamic term for being aware of God

Tarawih

addendum of a varying number of raka'at to Isha prayer during Ramadan

Tazkiah

Islamic term for self-purification, self-actualization and self-realization

The Four Books

four major hadith collections in Twelver Shi'ism

Zakat al-Fitr

charity given to the poor at the end of the fasting in the Islamic holy month of Ramadan

al-Sirat al-Mustaqim

right way and straight path in Islam

dhikr

repetition of short phrases or prayers in Islam

iman

faith or belief in Islam

mudd

Islamic measurement of volume

saa

Islamic measurement of volume

ʿItḳ

Islamic and Sufi concept meaning the emancipation of a slave or ʿabd