A Gift for Baghdad — Page 130
130 A GIFT FOR BAGHDAD Muhaddath A recipient of divine revelation who is not a Prophet. Plural is muhaddathin. Mujaddid Reformer. Holy person- ages within Islam who appeared at the head of every century. Mutawatir See Tawātur. Muttasil Lit. 'Continuous' or 'unin- terrupted. Applied to those ahā- dith where there is no break in the chain of narrators. Qiblah Direction of the Ka'bah in Makkah, toward which Muslims face to offer formal prayers. Rak'at Plural of rakah, which refers to one cycle of the formal Prayer, consisting of standing, bowing, sitting, and prostration. Şahīh Lit. 'Correct or authentic. ' A grade applied to ahādīth that are deemed authentic. Sūrah A chapter of the Holy Quran. Tahajjud Optional Prayer of great merit offered in the latter part of the night. Tawātur-Lit. Recurrence. Refers to information that is transmitted by such a multiplicity of sources that it leaves no doubt as its authenticity.