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DEFENCE AGAINST THE PLAGUE & A CRITERION FOR THE ELECT OF GOD 47 diverse English terms like Mister, Honourable, and Revered. Sanatan Dharam A Sect of Hindu- ism. Şahih Bukhārī Collection of the ha- dith compiled by Abū 'Abdullāh Muhammad ibn Ismā'īl Bukhārī, considered to be most authentic. Şahih Muslim Collection of hadith compiled by Hafiz Abu'l Husain Muslim ibn Hajjāj al-Qashīrī, con- sidered second in authenticity only to Şahih Bukhārī. Hindus revere as the divinely re- vealed scripture. They are four in number-Rig, Yajur, Sham, and Atharvan—also known as Rich, Yajash, Saman, and Atharvana. Wali Literally means 'friend. In Is- lamic terminology, it refers to a very pious person or a friend of Al- lah. The singular form is walī or waliyyullāh [friend of Allah], the plural form is auliyā'ullāh which is sometimes abbreviated as auliya. Waliyyullah Friend of Allah, see Wali. Surah A chapter of the Holy Quran. Waliyyur-Rahman Friend of the Gracious God, see Wali. Vedas Name of the books that