Our God — Page 228
228 Fi t rah Human nature. The name given to those qualities invested in a child from its birth. Hadith A saying of the Holy Prophet Muhammad saw. The plural is a ha d i th. Hadrat A term of respect used to show honour and reverence for a person of established righteous- ness and piety. Meaning include his/her Holiness, Worship, Emi- nence. It is also used for God in the superlative sense. Jam a ‘at ‘Community’. Refers here to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Commu- nity. Khalifah Caliph is derived from the Arabic word khal i fah, which means ‘successor’. In Islamic termi- nology, the term righteous khal i fah is applied to each of the first four khulaf a ’ who continued the mis- sion of Hadrat Muhammad saw , the Holy Prophet of Islam. Ahmadi Muslims refer to a successor of the Promised Messiah as as Khal i fatul- Mas ih. pl. Khulaf a ’. Khalifatul Masih see Khalifah. Kh a tamun-Nabiyy i n ‘The Seal of the Prophets’. A title specific to the Holy Prohet Muhammad saw , signi- fying his superiority to all his fel- low Prophets. Mas ih ‘Messiah’. Used here in refer- ence to Hadrat ‘ I s a [ Jesus] Son or Mary. Maulav i ‘My master’. Used for Mus- lim religious clerics. Muh a jir i n ‘Emigrants’. Refers to the people of Makkah who fled the city after more than ten years of persecution by the Quraish. pl. of Muh a jir. Mujaddid ‘Reformer’. Each cen- tury after the Holy Prophet saw , Al- lah raised a reformer(s) to revive the faith. The reformer of the 14th Islamic century was Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as. Quraish The leading tribe in Mak- kah during the time of the Holy Prophet Muhammad saw , who also belonged to the Quraish. They were also the most bitter in oppo- sition to the Holy Prophet saw. Quran The final and perfect Scrip- ture revealed by Allah for the guid- ance of mankind for all times to come. It was revealed word-by- word to the Holy Prophet Mu- hammad saw over a period of twen- ty-three years. Sufi A practitioner of ta s awwuf [i. e. Sufism], concerned with the inner, mystical dimension of Islam.