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130 Mu h addath A recipient of divine revelation who is not a Prophet. Plural is mu h addath i n. Mujaddid Reformer. Holy person- ages within Islam who appeared at the head of every century. Mutaw a tir See Taw a tur. Mutta s il Lit. ‘Continuous’ or ‘unin- terrupted’. Applied to those a ha- d i th 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‘ a t Plural of rak‘ah, which refers to one cycle of the formal Prayer, consisting of standing, bowing, sitting, and prostration. S a hih Lit. ‘Correct or authentic. ’ A grade applied to a ha d i th that are deemed authentic. S u rah A chapter of the Holy Quran. Tahajjud Optional Prayer of great merit offered in the latter part of the night. Taw a tur —Lit. Recurrence. Refers to information that is transmitted by such a multiplicity of sources that it leaves no doubt as its authenticity.