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204 Shariah Religious law of Islam. The term is also used in the general sense of any revealed law. Sufi A Muslim focusing on mysti- cal and ascetic aspects of religious worship. S u rah A chapter of the Holy Quran. Taqw a Righteousness. Fear of God. Tawaff i An Arabic term used in the Holy Quran to denote the tak- ing by God of a soul in death, un- less otherwise explicated (e. g. in a dream or sleep). Tau hi d The Oneness of God—the fundamental Islamic belief that there is none worthy of worship except Allah. Ummat-e-Mu h ammadiyyah The community or followers of the Holy Prophet Muhammad s as. Wal i Literally, ‘friend’. In the ter- minology of Islamic mysticism, it refers to a very pious person or a friend of Allah. The singular form is wal i [friend] or waliyyull a h [friend of Allah], the plural form is auliy a ’ull a h which is sometimes abbreviated as auliy a ’.