Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 569
Glossary 569 The verbal noun of this attribute is Ra hi miyyat. Ra h m a n Gracious—an attribute of God as mentioned in S u rah al-F a ti- h ah and throughout the Holy Quran. The verbal noun of this attribute is Ra h m a niyyat. Rub u biyyat The divine quality of sus- taining or nurturing; the verbal noun of the attribute Rabb or ‘Lord’. Shariah Religious Law of Islam. The term is also used in a general sense for any religion’s revealed legal code. Shurt i Any Vedic text. S u rah A chapter of the Holy Quran. Taba‘ T a bi‘ i n The generation after that of the T a bi‘ i n. T a bi‘ i n The generation of pious Mus- lims after the generations of the Com- panions. Tafr i d Uniqueness. Takf i r The practice of adjudging Mus- lims as non-Muslims, used chiefly by Muslims. Taqw a Righteousness. Tau hi d The Oneness of God—the fun- damental Islamic belief that there is none worthy of worship except Allah. T aw a f To perform circuit. Vedas The most ancient Hindu scrip- tures, written in Sanskrit and contain- ing hymns, philosophy, and guidance on rituals for the priests of the Ve- dic religion. There are four Vedas— Rigveda, Samaveda, Yajurveda, and Atharvaveda. Wal a yat The state of being a friend of God, or waliyyull a h. Wal i Literally, ‘friend’. In the terminol- ogy of Islamic mysticism, it refers to a very pious person or a friend of Allah. The singular form is wal i [friend] or waliyyull a h [friend of Allah], the plu- ral form is auliy a ’ull a h which is some- times abbreviated as auliy a ’.