Testimony of the Holy Quran — Page 172
172 Holy Quran The final and per - fect Scripture revealed by Allah for the guidance of mankind for all times to come. It was revealed word by word to the Holy Prophet Muhammad s as over a period of twenty-three years. ‘Ish a ’ Lit. evening. Refers to the night Prayer before going to bed (one of the five daily Prayers in Islam). Khalifah Caliph/Successor. In Is - lamic terminology, the word right - eous Khalifah is applied to one of the four Khulaf a ’ who continued the mission of the Holy Prophet Muhammad s as. Khalifatul Masih Ahmadi Mus - lims refer to a successor of the Promised Messiah as as Khal i fatul- Mas ih. Khulaf a ’ is the plural of Khalifah. Maghrib Refers to the evening Prayer, immediatley after sunset (one of the five daily Prayers in Is - lam). Ma h ram Close relatives of the op - posite sex who have been granted sanctity and thus may not marry one another and are not subject to the requirements of veiling etc. Non-ma h ram are the class of peo - ple from whom Muslims must observe purdah (veiling), lowering of gaze, etc. Marf u‘ Applied to those ah a d i th whose chain of narrators reaches up to the Holy Prophet s as himself. Mutta s il Lit. ‘Continuous’ or ‘unin - terrupted’. Applied to those a ha - d i th where there is no break in the chain of narrators. Muqallid i n Plural of muqallid, lit - erally means ‘followers’ or ‘disci - ples’. The term was originally ap - plied to the followers of one of the four Imams: Abu Han i fah, M a lik, Sh a f i and H anbal. All four of these Imams were true muwa hh id i n, be - lievers in the Unity of God, who spent their entire lives interpreting the true teachings of Islam. Muwa hh id i n Plural of muwa h - h id, literally meaning a believer in the Unity of God. All Mus - lims, by virtue of subscribing to the Kalima-e-Tau hi d are muwa h - h id i n. However, the term muwa h - h id i n, has been adopted by some Muslims who consider the Quran and hadith to be sufficient sources of guidance and do not follow any Imam. Rak‘ a t Plural of rak‘ah, which refers to one cycle of the formal Prayer, consisting of standing, bowing, sitting, and prostration.