Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 477
Glossary 477 Kalimah T ayyibah The declaration of the Islamic faith: L a il a ha illall a hu Mu h ammadur-Ras u lull a h, ‘There is no one worthy of worship except Allah; Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. ’ Kadhdh a b A great liar. Kh a tamul-Anbiy a’ The Seal of the Prophets, a title accorded to the Holy Prophet s as. Kh a tamun-Nabiyy i n The Seal of the Prophets. A title accorded by God to the Holy Prophet Muhammad s as in the Holy Quran. A variant is Kh a tamul-Anbiy a’. Khalifah Caliph is derived from the Arabic word ‘khal i fah’, which herein means ‘successor’. Khulaf a’ is the plu- ral of Khalifah. Khilafat The institution of successor- ship in Islam. Khalifatul Masih see Khalifah. Kufr Disbelief. Describes any belief or act that is so contrary to Islamic teachings that it can cause its doer to fall outside the pale of Islam. Of- ten used by Muslims in the context of opining on the beliefs or actions of their co-religionists. Langar Kh a nah Community Kitchen. The Promised Messiah as established a dining and hospitality centre that provided free meals to anyone in need, as well as those people who travelled to Qadian to visit him. Mahd i Literally means ‘Guided’. see Imam Mahdi. Maulaw i A Muslim religious cleric. Mi‘r a j The spiritual ascension of the Holy Prophet Muhammad s as to Heaven, described in the Holy Quran and related in detail in hadith litera- ture. Mub a halah Prayer duel. As described in S u rah A l-e-‘Imr a n, a contest be- tween claimants to divine support wherein each party prays for God to curse the lying party. Muhammad s as Founder of Islam. see Holy Prophet s as. Mujaddid A Reformer. Holy person- ages within Islam who appeared at the head of every century. Nafs A term in Arabic that literally means ‘self ’. Nafs-e-amm a rah The self that incites to evil. The lowest of three spiritual states; also an-nafsul-amm a rah. Naww a b An honorific title ratified and bestowed by Mughal emperors to semi-autonomous Muslim rul- ers of princely states in South Asia. The female equivalent is ‘Begum’ or ‘Naww a b Begum’. Nik a h the announcement of marriage in Islam.