Defence Against the Plague and a Criterion for the Elect of God — Page 47
Defence Against the Plague & A Criterion for the Elect of God 47 diverse English terms like Mister, Honourable, and Revered. San a tan Dharam A Sect of Hindu - ism. S a hih Bukh a r i Collection of the ha - dith compiled by Ab u ‘Abdull a h Muhammad ibn Ism a‘i l Bukh a r i , considered to be most authentic. S a hih Muslim Collection of hadith compiled by Ha fi z Abu’l H usain Muslim ibn H ajj a j al-Qash i r i , con - sidered second in authenticity only to S a hih Bukh a r i. S u rah A chapter of the Holy Quran. Vedas Name of the books that Hindus revere as the divinely re - vealed scripture. They are four in number— Rig, Yajur, Sham, and Atharvan —also known as Rich, Yajash, Saman, and Atharvana. Wal i Literally means ‘friend’. In Is - lamic terminology, it refers to a very pious person or a friend of Al - lah. The singular form is wal i or waliyyull a h [friend of Allah], the plural form is auliy a ’ull a h which is sometimes abbreviated as auliy a ’. Waliyyull a h Friend of Allah, see Wal i. Waliyyur-Ra h m a n Friend of the Gracious God, see Wal i.