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Reformer”. Refers to Hadrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmood Ahmad, Khal ī fatul Mas ī h II. s a s : Abbreviation for s all a ll ā hu ‘ ala i hi wa sallam ( may peace and blessings of Allah be on him): a prayer offered on the mention of the Holy Prophet Muhammad s as as : Abbreviation for ‘ ala i his - sal ā m (on whom be peace) ra : Abbreviation for ra d i y all ā hu ‘ anhu/ ‘ anh ā (Allah be pleased with him/her) or ra h matull ā hi ‘ ala i h (Allah have mercy on him/her) Ṣūfī : Ṣūfī / Sufi: Pronounced [Soo - fee]. Means “mystic” or “saint”. Ta ṣ awwuf : Ta ṣ awwuf / Tasawwuf: Pronounced [Ta - sa - woof]. Means “mysticism”. T arīqah : Tareeqa: Pronounced [ta - ree - qah]. Means “way”. Silsila : Silsila / Silsilah: Pronounced [sil - si - lah]. Literally, means “chain”. Used in the sense of a “Spiritual Order”. Durr - e - Th am ī n : Durr - e - Thamīn / Durr - e - S am ī n / Durr - e Sameen : Pronounced [ Dur - ray Thameen / Dur - ray Sa - meen]. Collection of poems written by the Promised Messiah as Ammāñ Jān : Ammāñ Jān / Amma Jan: Pronounced [Am - maa Jaan], meaning “dear m other”. This is a title used for Hadrat Sayyeda Nusrat Jahan Begum, the wife of the Promised Messiah as. Aṣḥāb : Aṣḥāb / As’hab: Pronounced [As - haab], meaning “companions”. Ismail : Pronounced [Iss - maa - eel] Ishaq : Pronounced [Iss - haaq] Bukhār - e - Dil : Bukhār - e - Dil / Bukhar - e Dil / Bukhar - e - Dil : Pronounced [Bu - khaa - ray Dil] Collection of poems written in Urdu by Ḥaḍrat Mir Muhammad Ismail ra. All