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GLOSSARY<br />
fatwā a legal opinion issued by a muftī<br />
fiqh religious law, the juridical system <strong>of</strong> Islam<br />
fu’ād heart<br />
futūh˝ unasked gifts and presents <strong>to</strong> the saints and<br />
their hospices<br />
futuwwa chivalrous qualities <strong>of</strong> a youth; the term given<br />
<strong>to</strong> certain organizations <strong>of</strong> artisans; in Sufism<br />
an ethical ideal, which places the spiritual<br />
welfare <strong>of</strong> others before that <strong>of</strong> self<br />
ghaib hidden, mystery<br />
ghawth ‘Helper’ (<strong>of</strong> the Age); the highest rank in<br />
hierarchy <strong>of</strong> saints<br />
ghazal lyrical poem with monorhyme, <strong>of</strong>ten <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Sufi content<br />
ghāzī (pl. ghuzāt) a warrior for faith<br />
ginān devotional poetry <strong>of</strong> the Ismā‘īlīs<br />
Gurdwārā temple and shrine <strong>of</strong> the Sikhs<br />
h˝abs-i dam regulation <strong>of</strong> the breath<br />
h˝adīth tradition going back <strong>to</strong> the Prophet based in<br />
isnād or chain <strong>of</strong> the transmitters<br />
h˝ad˝ra ‘presence’, a Sufi gathering for loud dhikr and<br />
song recitals<br />
H˛ajj ritual pilgrimage <strong>to</strong> Mecca<br />
h˝āl (pl. ah˝wāl) a transi<strong>to</strong>ry spiritual state <strong>of</strong> rapture,<br />
associated with passage along the Sufi Path<br />
h˝aqīqat ‘<strong>The</strong> Reality’, one <strong>of</strong> the stages <strong>of</strong> the Sufi Path<br />
H˛aqq ‘<strong>The</strong> Real’, Sufi term for God<br />
h˝arām sacred, forbidden<br />
H˛ayy the Living<br />
hűjra a chamber, cell <strong>of</strong> a dervish<br />
hűlūl indwelling, infusion <strong>of</strong> God in a creature<br />
H˛ulūlī a heretical sect<br />
Ibāh˝atīya ‘the people <strong>of</strong> incest’, used by medieval<br />
<strong>Muslim</strong> writers for the Carmatians or Ismā‘īlīs<br />
ifţār breaking the fast<br />
ih˝yā al-mawāt reviving the dead; (fig.) bringing waste land<br />
in<strong>to</strong> cultivation<br />
ijāza licence or diploma<br />
ilhām inspiration <strong>of</strong> a human soul by universal Spirit<br />
‘ilm (pl. ‘ulūm) knowledge, science <strong>of</strong> divine things like ‘ilm<br />
al-hadīth<br />
Imām leader in congregational prayer<br />
Imāmbāra a building in which Shī‘a services are held in<br />
commemoration <strong>of</strong> their Imāms<br />
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