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180 and piety. The literal meaning is: His/Her Holiness, Worship, Emi - nence, etc. It is also used for God in the superlative sense. H akam Arbiter, Judge. A title given to the Imam Mahdi by the Holy Prophet Muhammad sas. Hijrah Migration. Refers to the exo - dus from Makkah to Madinah by the Holy Prophet Muhammad s as in the year 623 CE , which marks the beginning of the lunar calendar of Islam. Hil a l Crescent. A term to describe a nascent moon, usually for the first three days. Holy Prophet s as A title used exclu - sively for the Founder of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad sa. Holy Quran The final and perfect Scripture revealed by Allah for the guidance of mankind for all times to come. It was revealed word by word to the Holy Prophet Mu - hammad sa over a period of twen - ty-three years. I‘j a z lit. Miracle Jam a ‘at Community. Although the word Jam a ‘at may refer to any com - munity, in this book Jam a ‘at gen - erally refers to the Worldwide Ah - madiyya Muslim Jam a ‘at. Juzw’ A term meaning ‘part’; it re - fers to a part consisting of sixteen pages of a publication. The word is also used to denote one of the thirty parts in which the Holy Quran is divided for conven - ience in recitation. Ka‘bah The first house built for the worship of God, located in Mak - kah. Muslims face Ka‘bah while performing their daily Prayers [i. e. S al a t ] and make circuits of it as a part of the pilgrimage and also as an act of devotion. Kafir A person who is not a Muslim; disbeliever. Khal i fa Caliph is derived from the Arabic word khal i fah , which herein means ‘successor’. Khu - laf a ’ is the plural of Khalifah. In many divine revelations someone commissioned by God Almighty is referred to as His Khalifah. In Islamic terminology, the title ‘Khal i fa-e-R a shid’ [righteous Khal - i fah ] is applied to each of the first four Khulaf a ’ who continued the mission of the Holy Prophet Mu - hammad s as. Ahmadi Muslims refer to each successor of the Promised Messiah as as Khalifatul Masih. Kh a tamul-Khulaf a ’ The Seal of the Successors. A title bestowed by God upon Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as of Qadian.