The Concise Encyclopedia of IslamNearly 1200 entries cover religious and ritual practices, prayer, prophets, sects, law, the calendar, social institutions, history, othnography, nationhood, calligraphy and art, languages, medicine, sciences, major cities, and centers of learning. Quotations and hitherto untranslated prayers with 45 color photographs. |
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AUTHORS PREFACE | 4 |
including photographic sections 11320 | 20 |
Reference Maps | 438 |
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Abbāsid Abd Allah Abraham Abū Bakr ad-Dīn Aḥmad al-Ash'arī al-Ghazālī al-Ma'mūn Alī Allāh Angels ar-Raḥmān Arabia Arabic Assassins Baghdad Battle became believe Cairo Caliph called century Christian creation death descendants Divine Name doctrine dynasty Egypt esoteric existence famous Fățimid Fatimids FIVE DIVINE PRESENCES Gnostic God's Ḥadīth hajj Ḥasan heaven Hidden Imām Hijrah Husayn ibn Abd Ibn Arabī Ibrāhīm iḥrām Imām India Iran Iraq Islam Ismā īlīs Ismā'īlīs Ja'far Jesus Ka'bah Khārijites Koran leader Lord Mahdī means Mecca Medina Mongols mosque Mu'tazilite Muḥammad Muḥammad ibn Muslim mystical original Ottoman paradise performed Persian phet philosophy pilgrimage pilgrims prayer Prophet Qarmatians Quraysh reality religion religious revelation ritual ruler ṣalāh School of Law sect shahādah shari'ah Shaykh Shi'ism Shi'ites soul spiritual stone Sufi Sufism Sultan Sunnah Sunnī symbol Syria tariqah thee theology thou tion tomb traditional tribes Turkish Twelve-Imām Shi'ites Umar Umayyad umrah word Yemen