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Nafs. A visual rendition of the Islamic model of the soul showing the position of " nafs " relative to other concepts, based on a consensus of 18 surveyed academic and religious experts [1] Nafs (نَفْس) is an Arabic word occurring in the Quran, literally meaning "self", and has been translated as "psyche", "ego" or "soul". [2][3] The term ...
Hikmah is an Arabic word that means wisdom, sagacity, philosophy, rationale or underlying reason. [1] Seyyed Hossein Nasr asserts that the Arabic term "hikmah" has a distinct meaning that does not align with modern European philosophy or theology. Rather, it is more closely related to the original Greek concept of theosophy. [2]
Barakah. In Islam, Barakah or Baraka (Arabic: بركة "blessing") is a blessing power, [1] a kind of continuity of spiritual presence and revelation that begins with God and flows through that and those closest to God. [2] The Quran is said to be charged with barakah, and God can bestow prophets and saints with barakah.
The Six Kalmas (Arabic: ٱلكَلِمَات ٱلسِتّ al-kalimāt as-sitt, also spelled qalmah), also known as the Six Traditions or the Six Phrases, are six Islamic phrases (prayers) often recited by South Asian Muslims. The phrases are taken in part from hadiths. Recitation of the Six Kalimahs is taught in South Asian Muslim schools. [1]
A scholar (in any field of knowledge) ; a jurist or scientist (who knows science) or a theologian (who knows religion); similar to Japanese sensei, "teacher". Amān, lit. 'safety, protection, safe conduct'. ʾAmānah (أمانة) the trust. Of all creation, only human beings & jinns carry the "trust", which is free will.
Taqwa (Arabic: تقوى taqwā / taqwá) is an Islamic term for being conscious and cognizant of God, of truth, "piety, fear of God." [1] [2] It is often found in the Quran.. Those who practice taqwa — in the words of Ibn Abbas, "believers who avoid Shirk with Allah and who work in His obedience" [3] — are called muttaqin (Arabic: المُتَّقِين al-mutta
al-Dawla. v. t. e. Fitna (or fitnah, pl. fitan; Arabic: فتنة , فتن: "temptation, trial; sedition, civil strife, conflict" [1]) is an Arabic word with extensive connotations of trial, affliction, or distress. Although it is a word with important historical implications, it is also widely used in modern Arabic without the underlying ...
In Islamic jurisprudence, qiyas (Arabic: قياس, qiyās [qɪˈjæːs], lit. ' analogy ') is the process of deductive analogy in which the teachings of the hadith are compared and contrasted with those of the Quran, in order to apply a known injunction (nass) to a new circumstance and create a new injunction. Here the ruling of the sunnah and ...