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Glossary terms
List of terms used in taxonomy "glossary".
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| Term Name | Term description |
|---|---|
| Ṣaḥābah |
Companions, disciples or close friends of the Prophet. |
| Ṣūfī |
One who practices ṣūfism. |
| Ṣūfīyah |
Mystical tradition of Islam based on spiritual truth. |
| tabīb |
medecine man (preislamic) |
| Tablīgh |
Order to Prophet Muhammad to deliver Islam's message. |
| tafakkur | |
| Tafsīr | |
| Ṭāghūt |
Pagan human tyranny |
| Tahajjud |
Optional prayers during the third part of nighttime. |
| tahjīr | |
| taḥrīf | |
| Tajdid | |
| tajweed [tajwīd] |
a set of rules for the correct pronunciation of the letters with all their qualities and applying the various traditional methods of recitation of the Holy Qur’an. |
| takālīf (Islamic obligations) | |
| takfīdī | |
| Takfīr |
The act of accusing a Muslim of apostasy. |
| Takfīrī |
A Muslim who accuses another Muslim of apostasy |
| Takhmis | |
| Takwā | |
| Ṭalaʿa al-Badr ʿalaynā min thaniyāt al-wadāʿ |
The full moon has risen above the Mountain Pass of Farewell), and is a mountain pass located in the south of Median towards Mecca. |
| Tanakh |
Jewish name for what Christians commonly call the Old Testament. Tanakh is an abbreviation of the three parts of the Hebrew Bible: Torah (law), nebhim (prophets) and ketabhim (hagiographa, holy writings or the remaining holy texts) |
| Taqīyah |
Practice in Shīcah Islam to hide beliefs for protection. |
| taqlīd |
a term in islamic legal terminology that means "to follow" a precedent verdict in a similar juridical case |
| Tarāwīḥ |
Extra prayers by sunni Muslims at night in Ramadān. |
| Tardiya | |
| tardīyah |
hunting poetry |
| tariqa ḥaḍra | |
| tasbīḥa kiyahkiyyā |
the psalmody of Kiahk, that is, during the nativity fast or advent of the Coptic Church, before Christmas celebrated on the eve of January 6 |
| tashahud | |
| Tashrīʾ |
Legislation |
| Tathīr |
litt.: “the purge,” a Muslim Brotherhood term for transitional justice |
| Ṭawāf |
Ceremony of circumambulation which Muslims perform as they circle the al-Ka’bah.
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| Tawāshīḥ | |
| Tawḥīd |
Oneness of God/Divine Unity, fundamental Islamic tenets. |
| tawthīq |
the science of tawthīq is considered to be a sound narration. Something that you know is soundly established. And therefore, we rely on it. |
| Tayammum |
Dry ablution in Islam. |
| thawābit |
principles in Islam |
| the Kharijites | |
| theotokos | |
| Ṭūba | |
| Ṭāʾifīyah | |
| Ulama | |
| Ulema | |
| Um al-Dunyā | |
| Umm al-Misriyīn |
mother of all Egyptians was the title given to Safiyya Zaghlūl who supported the protesters who took the streets against the British Occupation in 1919.
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| Umma al-Qibtiya | |
| Ummah |
Literally “nation.” In Islam, describes the worldwide Muslim community |
| Ummatoun min Dūn an-Nās |
we are now a nation or a people from among all of the other people. |
| Urfi | |
| Urz bil-laban |
rice pudding, a traditional dessert, orginating from the 15th century during the Ottoman rule in Egypt |
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