Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Theological Instructions Glossary of Terms Epestimology ‘adliyyah ‘aql: Intellect ‘ayn al-rabt wa-l-ta’alluq: ‘illah: Cause ‘illah fā’iliyyah: Active cause ‘illah ghāi’yyah: Ultimate cause ‘ illah i’dādiyyah: Preparatory Cause ‘illah inhisāriyyah: Substitute causes ‘illah māddiyyah: Material cause ‘illah mu’iddah: The preparatory cause ‘illah mufīda lil-wujūd: Cause that Bestow Existence ‘illah muwjidah: Cause that Bestow Existence ‘illiyyah fā’iliyyah: Efficient cause ‘ilm azali: Eternal Knowledge ‘ilm hudūri: Knowledge by Presence; Immediate Knowledge ‘ilm hudhuri: Knowledge by presence ‘ilm tahsili: Knowledge by acquisition ‘sūrah dhihniyyah: Image ‘usyan: Rebellion akhlāq: Ethics al-‘ilm al-fi’li: al-’illah al-haqīqiy yah: The real cause al-sifāt al-salbiyyah: Negative Attributes al-wujūd al-khāriji: Existent Amr: Command asl al -‘illiyyah: Causal nexus awliyā: Saints ayāt: Sign f ‘al: Voluntary Action fā’il: Active Agent fitrah: Intrinsic nature; Primordial Nature; Theomorphic Nature furu al din: Branches of religion hādith: Temporal husn wa qubh ‘aqli: Good and Evil from intellectual point of view hukm al aql: Command of the intellect ibdā’: Primordial innovation ’ikhtiyār: Free-will ilhām: Intuition imkān: Possible imtinā’: The real cause irādah: Will irfan: Mysticism Jabr: Pre-determination kammi: Quantity karāmāt: Miracles of the Saints kashf: Illumination kayf nafsāni: Psychical quality kayfi: Quality lawh mahfūz: The Safe Tablet ma’ād: Ressurection ma’d: Resurrection ma’lūl: Caused thing ma’sumīn: The Infallible Ones ma’sūm: Infallible māddah: Material māddah al-awwaliyyah: Prime Matter mafhūm idāfi: Relative concept makān: Space malakah: Faculty malakat al-‘ismah: mawjūd: Existent mawjūdāt jawhariyyah: Substantial existents misdāq: Referent (of a concept) mudhakkir: Reminder muhāl: Impossible mukashafa: Mystical vision mukhlas: Purified by God mukhlis: Purifies for God mutakallimīn: Scholars of theology nabuwwah: Prophethood nadhīr: Warner nubuwwah: Prophethood qadīm: Pre-existent qudama al-thamāniyah: rabb al-arbāb:Lord of the lords rubūbiyyah: Lordship sair wa suluk: Spiritual journey sarmadi: Sempiternity shuhud: Witnessin tadhkirah: Reminder tahdīth: tarbiyah: tark al-awla:tasalsul: Infinite series tawhīd al-sifāti: Unity of Divine Attributes tawhid: Monotheism touriyah:ūlu al-‘azm: usul al din: Princiles of religion wahi; revelation wilāyah al-takwīniyyah: Divine Authority wilāyah al-tashrī’iyyah: Legislative Authority wilāyah: Authority zalāl: zamān: Time al-‘ulūm al- naqliyyah: Narration Sciences Sunnah Imāmah Previous Next