ins : the human beings as against the jinn .

ins : the human beings as against the jinn . inshā'Allāh : an Islamic expression meaning: if Allah wills, Allah willing. isti'ādhah : saying a'ūdhu billāh , i.e. I take refuge in Allah. istikhārah : consulting the Qur'an or the rosary beads to do, or not to do, something. ikhlās : sincerity. iqāmah : preliminary wordings said before entering the salāt . J jabarūt : of omnipotence; the possession of power.

janābah : the state of being ritually impure owing to seminal ejaculation or to a sexual penetration, though without ejaculation—a state requiring a ritual ghusl . jawāmi'al-kalim : comprehending many significations; the Qur'an; collective words. jihād : struggle or exertion of effort for the sake of Islam. K ka'bah : a structure in the middle of the Holy Mosque in Makkah, to which the Muslims of the world direct their faces during the performance of salāt .

khilāfah : succession, successorship, vicegerency. khums : a fifth of one's net profit to be paid to a religious authority. L latīfah : grace; subtlety, delicacy. lawh (pl. alwāh ): a tablet, a slab, a Qur'anic term denoting “The Tablet” with Allah, the Exalted, in which everything is registered. M ma'ād : resurrection. mahdar : presence, company. mahw : (self-)effacement, (self-)extinction, annihilation. majdhūb-i sālik : the attracted one who is traveling to Allah. malakūt : heavenly kingdom.

ma'sūm : infallible. minbar : a pulpit of several ascending steps in a mosque from which the speaker delivers his speech. mi'rāj : ascension to Allah. mu'adhdhin : one who speaks out the adhān . mufassir : one who writes exegesis on the Qur'an, an exegetist. mukāshafah : revelation, disclosure, apocalypse. mulk : this transitory world. muqārināt : affinities. musallī (pl. musallīn ): a Muslim when performing the salāt . musta'ādhun bihi : one with whom refuge is sought.

musta'ādhun lahū : that for which refuge is sought; one for whom refuge is sought. musta'ādhun minhu : that from which refuge is sought; one from whom refuge is sought. musta'īdh : one who seeks refuge; refuge-seeker. muttaqī (pl. muttaqqīn ): one who guards against Allah's wrath by obeying His commandments; God-fearing, pious. N nāfilah (pl. nawāfil ): supererogatory salāt s. nutfah (pl. nutaf ): sperm of human beings. niyyah (pl. niyyāt ): intention. Q qadr : measure; predestination. qibāb (pl.

of qubbah ): domes. qiblah : the direction to which the Muslims are to face when performing the salāt , i.e. the ka'bah in Makkah.