Tadhkirah — Page 1127
G LOSSARY 1127 Nik ah — The announcement of marriage in Islam. Nafs —A term in Arabic that literally means ‘self’. Patw ari —A village registrar of land. (The) Promised Messiah —This term refers to the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jam a ‘at, Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as of Qadian. He claimed that he had been commissioned by Allah the Almighty in accordance with the prophecies of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa concerning the coming of al-Im a m al-Mahd i and Messiah from among the Muslims. Riwayat and Dir a yat—Soundness of narration and consistency with logic and known facts. Ruk u ‘ —The bowing down position in the Prayer. Sunnah —Traditions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa of Islam. Also, a part of Muslim Prayer which the Holy Prophet used to offer, but did not prescribe as obligatory. S u rah —A term in Arabic referring to a chapter of the Holy Qur’an. Tahajjud Prayer —Optional Prayer of great merit offered in the latter part of the night; pre-dawn formal Islamic worship. Ta h s i ld ar —sub-collector of revenues Takb i r —recitation of All a hu Akbar [Allah is the Greatest]. Taqw a — A term in Arabic that literally means ‘righteous- ness’. Ulema —[‘Ulam a ’] A class of Muslim scholars. Ummah —The larger community of Muslims.