The Victory of Islam — Page 80
Glossary 80 Halal Lawful, permissible, or pure. Haram Unlawful, forbidden, invio - lable. Holy Prophet s as A title used exclu - sively for the Founder of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad s as. 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 s as over a period of twen - ty-three years. ‘Ish a’ Lit. evening. Refers to the night Prayer before going to bed (one of the five daily Prayers in Islam). Jam a ‘at Community. Kal im See Kal i mull a h. Kal i mull a h ‘ One who converses with God’; Moses as was known as Kal i mull a h; used also in reference to the Holy Prophet s as. Khal i fatull a h Vicegerent of God. Kufr Disbelief. Kuff a r Disbelievers; singular K a fir. Lailatul-Qadr Literally, ‘Night of Destiny’. Generally understood to mean a blessed night during the last ten days of the Islamic month of Ramadan. It also denotes an - other time period, when the spread of darkness demands that a light should descend from Heaven. Then God Almighty sends down to earth His angels of light and R uh ul-Qudus [the Holy Spirit] in a manner that befits the dignity of angels. Maghrib Refers to the evening Prayer, immediatley after sunset (one of the five daily Prayers in Islam). Maulaw i Literally, ‘my master’; used for Muslim religious clerics. Mi h r a b The niche where the imam stands to lead congregational Prayer in a mosque. Mu h addath A recipient of divine revelation. Plural is mu h addath i n or mu h addath u n. Mu h addith A scholar of the Hadith. Muhammad s as Founder of Islam. see Holy Prophet s as. Mujaddid A Reviver of the Reli - gion; promised to be raised by God at the head of every Islamic century after the Holy Prophet s as. Pl. Mu - jaddid u n or Mujaddid i n.