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Dictionary of Islam

Juan Cole

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This is Thomas Hughes’ Dictionary Islam as originally published in 1895.

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  • A.D.
  • A’uzu Billah
  • Aaron
  • Abad
  • Abasa
  • Abbas
  • Abbasides
  • Abdal
  • Abdul Muttalib
  • Abdul Qadir Al-Jilani
  • Abdullah
  • Abdullah Ibn Sad
  • Abdur Rahman Ibn Auf
  • Abel
  • Abid
  • Abiq
  • Abjad
  • Ablution
  • Abortion
  • Abraham
  • Absconding of Slaves
  • Abstinence
  • Abu Abdullah
  • Abu Abdullah Ibn Anas
  • Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Al-Hasan
  • Abu Bakr
  • Abu Daud
  • Abu Hanifah
  • Abu Hurairah
  • Abu Huzail Zufar Ibn Al-Huzail
  • Abu Jahl
  • Abu Lahab
  • Abu Ubaidah Ibn Al-Jarrah
  • Abu Yusuf
  • Abul Qasim
  • Abusive Language
  • Ad
  • Ad-Dahr
  • Ad-Dukhan
  • Ad-Durratu’l Baiza
  • Ada
  • Adab
  • Adam
  • Adiyat
  • Adiyatul Masurah
  • Adl
  • Adn
  • Adoption
  • Adoration
  • Adultery
  • Affinity
  • Affliction
  • Afsun
  • Afu
  • Agent
  • Ahadiya
  • Ahl Al-Bayt
  • Ahl Al-Kitāb
  • Ahlul-Hawa
  • Ahmad
  • Ahqaf
  • Ahzab
  • Aiyub
  • Ajal
  • Ajir
  • Ajnabi
  • Akhir Chahar Shabam
  • Akhlaq
  • Akhund
  • Akhundzadah
  • Al
  • Al-A’raf
  • Al-Adl
  • Al-Ahad
  • Al-Ala
  • Al-Ali
  • Al-Alim
  • Al-Anam
  • Al-Anfal
  • Al-Ankabut
  • Al-Ansar
  • Al-Aqabah
  • Al-Asaru’sh-Sharif
  • Al-Ash’ariyah
  • Al-Ashabu’l Fil
  • Al-Ayanu’s Sabitah
  • Al-Azariqah
  • Al-Azba
  • Al-Azha
  • Al-Azim
  • Al-Aziz
  • Al-Badi
  • Al-Bahul Muqaddas
  • Al-Bais
  • Al-Baitul Mamur
  • Al-Baiyinah
  • Al-Baldah
  • Al-Baqi
  • Al-Baqrah
  • Al-Bara Ibn Azib
  • Al-Bari
  • Al-Barr
  • Al-Basir
  • Al-Basit
  • Al-Batin
  • Al-Bukhari
  • Al-Fajr
  • Al-Falaq
  • Al-Fath
  • Al-Fatihah
  • Al-Fatimiyah
  • Al-Fattah
  • Al-Fil
  • Al-Furqan
  • Al-Ghani
  • Al-Ghashiyah
  • Al-Ghazzali
  • Al-Ghibah
  • Al-Hadid
  • Al-Haiy
  • Al-Hajaru’l Aswad
  • Al-Halim
  • Al-Hamd
  • Al-Hamd
  • Al-Hamdiu-li’llah
  • Al-Hamid
  • Al-Haqiqatu’l Muhammadiyah
  • Al-Haqq
  • Al-Haqqah
  • Al-Hasan
  • Al-Hasib
  • Al-Hawassu’l-Khamsah
  • Al-Hazaratu’l-Khams
  • Al-Hudaibiyah
  • Al-Hujurat
  • Al-Humazah
  • Al-Humazah
  • Al-Husain
  • Al-Hutamah
  • Al-Ilhamu’r-Rabbani
  • Al-Ilmu’l-Yaqin
  • Al-Ilmu’t-Tabi’i
  • Al-Ilmu’t-Tajwid
  • Al-Infitar
  • Al-Insan
  • Al-Insanu’l-Kamil
  • Al-Inshirah
  • Al-Iraq
  • Al-Ismu’l-A’zam
  • Al-Jabariyah
  • Al-Jalalan
  • Al-Jasiyah
  • Al-Judi
  • Al-Kabir
  • Al-Kafi
  • Al-Kahf
  • Al-Kanzu’l-Makhfi
  • Al-Karim
  • Al-Kausar
  • Al-Khannas
  • Al-Khizr
  • Al-Khulafa’u’r-Rashidun
  • Al-Kimiya
  • Al-Kitab
  • Al-Kitabu’l-Hukmi
  • Al-Kitabu’l-Mubin
  • Al-Kufah
  • Al-Lat
  • Al-Latif
  • Al-Latifah
  • Al-Lauhu’l-Mahfuz
  • Al-Ma’arij
  • Al-Ma’idah
  • Al-Ma’un
  • Al-Madinah
  • Al-Mahdi
  • Al-Maisir
  • Al-Majid
  • Al-Majus
  • Al-Mala’ikah
  • Al-Malik
  • Al-Mani
  • Al-Masani
  • Al-Masih
  • Al-Masihu’d Dajjal
  • Al-Masjidu’l-Jami
  • Al-Masuidu’l-Aqsa
  • Al-Matin
  • Al-Mu’akhkhir
  • Al-Mu’aqqibat
  • Al-Mu’awwizat
  • Al-Mu’id
  • Al-Mu’izz
  • Al-Mu’minun
  • Al-Mu’qtadir
  • Al-Mubdi
  • Al-Muddassir
  • Al-Mughni
  • Al-Muhaimin
  • Al-Muhsi
  • Al-Muhyi
  • Al-Mujadilah
  • Al-Mujib
  • Al-Mulk
  • Al-Mumit
  • Al-Mumtahinah
  • Al-Munafiqun
  • Al-Muntaqim
  • Al-Muqaddim
  • Al-Muqit
  • Al-Muqsit
  • Al-Mursalat
  • Al-Musabbihat
  • Al-Musawwir
  • Al-Muta’ali
  • Al-Mutakabbir
  • Al-Muti
  • Al-Muzill
  • Al-Muzzammil
  • Alam
  • Alam
  • Alamat
  • Alamatu’n Nubuwah
  • Alamatu’s Sa’ah
  • Alaq
  • Alchemy
  • Alexander the Great
  • Ali
  • Alif
  • Alif Lam Mim
  • Alim
  • Allah
  • Allahu Akbar
  • Almsgiving
  • Alu Imran
  • Alwah
  • Amal-Namah
  • Aman
  • Ambiya
  • Amin
  • Amir
  • Amiru’l Hajj
  • Amiru’l Mu’minin
  • Amribn Al-Asi
  • Amulets
  • An-Na’zir
  • An-Naba
  • An-Nafi
  • An-Nahl
  • An-Najiyah
  • An-Najjariyah
  • An-Najm
  • An-Najran
  • An-Naml
  • An-Naqshbandiyah
  • An-Nar
  • An-Nas
  • An-Nasa’I
  • An-Nasr
  • An-Nazi’at
  • An-Nisa
  • An-Nujaba
  • An-Nuqaba
  • An-Nur
  • Ananiyah
  • Anas Ibn Malik
  • Angel
  • ِAnimals
  • Antichrist
  • Apostasy from Islam
  • Apostle
  • Aqib
  • Aqilar
  • Aqiqah
  • Ar Ra’d
  • Ar-Ra’uf
  • Ar-Rabb
  • Ar-Rafi
  • Ar-Rahim
  • Ar-Rahman
  • Ar-Raqib
  • Ar-Raqim
  • Ar-Rashid
  • Ar-Rass
  • Ar-Rauzah
  • Ar-Razzaq
  • Ar-Ruhu’l-Amin
  • Ar-Ruknu’l Yamani
  • Ar-Rum
  • Arabia
  • Arabic
  • Arabic Lexicons
  • Arafah
  • Arafat
  • Arazi
  • Architecture
  • Ariyah
  • Ariyah
  • Ark of the Covenant
  • Arms
  • Arsh
  • As-Safa
  • As-Saffat
  • As-Sakhrah
  • As-Salam
  • As-Salat
  • As-Samad
  • As-Sami
  • As-Samiri
  • As-Sawadu’l Azam
  • As-Sihahu’s-Sittah
  • As-Siratu’l-Mustaqim
  • Asabah
  • Asaf
  • Asar
  • Ash-Shafi
  • Ash-Shahid
  • Ash-Shakur
  • Ash-Sham
  • Ash-Shams
  • Ash-Shu’ara
  • Ash-Shura
  • Ashab
  • Ashabu’l Kahf
  • Ashabu’s-Suffah
  • Asharah Mubashsharah
  • Ashura
  • Asiyah
  • Asl
  • Asma’u’llah
  • Asr
  • Ass
  • Assistants
  • Astrology
  • Aswad
  • At-Taghabun
  • At-Taghtis
  • At-Tahiyat
  • Atheist
  • Atirah
  • Augury
  • Auliya
  • Autad
  • Avenger of Blood
  • Ayah
  • Ayatu’l Fath
  • Ayatu’l Hinz
  • Ayatu’l Kursi
  • Ayatu’l Mawaris
  • Ayimmatu’l Asma
  • Ayishah
  • Ayman
  • Ayyamu’l Biz
  • Ayyamu’l Qarr
  • Ayyamu’n Nahr
  • Ayyamu’t Tashriq
  • Ayyim
  • Az-Zabaniyah
  • Az-Zahir
  • Azabu’l Qabr
  • Azal
  • Azan
  • Azar
  • Azimah
  • Azra’il
  • Ba’l
  • Babel
  • Babu’n Nisa
  • Babu’s Salam
  • Baby’l Abwab
  • Backbiting
  • Badawi
  • Badr
  • Bahira
  • Bahirah
  • Bai
  • Bail
  • Baitu’l Hamd
  • Baitu’l Haram
  • Baitu’l Hikmah
  • Baitu’l Mal
  • Baitu’l Quds
  • Baitu’llah
  • Baiu’l Wafa
  • Balaam
  • Balad
  • Baligh
  • Banishment
  • Bankrupt
  • Banu Israil
  • Banun
  • Baptism
  • Baqiul Gharqad
  • Baraah
  • Barah-I-Wafat
  • Bariqah
  • Barnabas
  • Barzakh
  • Bas
  • Base Money
  • Basirah
  • Bastard
  • Bathing
  • Bati’l Midras
  • Batil
  • Batul
  • Baus
  • Bazaq
  • Beard
  • Beauty
  • Begging
  • Beings
  • Believers
  • Bells
  • Benefice
  • Beneficience
  • Benjamin
  • Bequests
  • Bestiality
  • Betrothal
  • Bi-shar
  • Bi’ah
  • Bi’r Ma’unah
  • Bi’r Zamzam
  • Bid’ah
  • Bier
  • Bihisht
  • Biladu’l-Islam
  • Bilal
  • Bilqis
  • Bint Labun
  • Biographers of Muhammad
  • Biography
  • Birds
  • Birth
  • Bisharah
  • Bismillah
  • Biza’ah
  • Black Stone
  • Blasphemy
  • Bleeding
  • Blind
  • Blood
  • Blood, Issue of
  • Blood, the Avenger of
  • Boasting
  • Books of Moses
  • Books, Stealing
  • Boots
  • Breach of Trust
  • Bribery
  • Bu’as
  • Buhta
  • Buka
  • Bukhtu Nassar
  • Bulas
  • Buraq
  • Burglary
  • Burial of the Dead
  • Burning the Dead
  • Burning to Death
  • Burqa
  • Buruj
  • Burying Ground
  • Burying of the Dead
  • Bushra
  • Buying
  • Buzurg
  • Caesar
  • Cain
  • Caleb
  • Calf, the Golden
  • Caliph
  • Calumny
  • Camel
  • Canaan
  • Captives
  • Caravan
  • Carrion
  • Casting Lots
  • Cats
  • Cattle
  • Caution
  • Cave
  • Celibacy
  • Ceylon
  • Charity
  • Chastity
  • Cherubim
  • Chess
  • Child Stealing
  • Children
  • Chosroes
  • Christ
  • Christianity and Christians
  • Churches
  • Circumcision
  • Clean and Unclean Animals
  • Clergy
  • Coinage
  • Collector of Taxes
  • Commander of the Faithful
  • Commandments, The Ten
  • Commentaries
  • Commerce
  • Companions
  • Compulsion
  • Concubine
  • Congregation
  • Conscience
  • Conversation
  • Converts to the Muslim Religion
  • Corruption of the Scriptures
  • Covenant
  • Covering the Head
  • Creation
  • Creed
  • Cremation
  • Crescent
  • Crocodile
  • Cross, The
  • Crucifixion
  • Da’wa
  • Da’wah
  • Dabbatu’l Arz
  • Dabur
  • Dahha
  • Dahri
  • Dain
  • Dajjal
  • Dalil
  • Damascus
  • Dancing
  • Daniel
  • Dar
  • Dargah
  • Daru S-Sawab
  • Daru’l Bawar
  • Daru’l Harb
  • Daru’l Islam
  • Daru’l Qarar
  • Daru’s Salam
  • Daru’s Saltanah
  • Darvesh, Darwish
  • Daughters
  • David
  • Day
  • Day of Judgement
  • Death
  • Death, Evidence of
  • Debt
  • Decorum
  • Decrees of God
  • Deeds
  • Defendant
  • Deliberation
  • Deluge, The
  • Demons
  • Deportment
  • Deposit
  • Devil
  • Devil, The
  • Dibaghah
  • Dimashq
  • Din
  • Dinar
  • Dirham
  • Dirrah
  • Ditch
  • Divination
  • Divorce
  • Diwan
  • Diyah
  • Dog Star
  • Dogs
  • Dower
  • Dreams
  • Dress
  • Drinkables
  • Drinking Vessels
  • Drowning
  • Drunkenness
  • Druzes
  • Du’a
  • Du’a-I-Ma’sur
  • Du’a’u’l Qunut
  • Dualism
  • Duldul
  • Dumah
  • Dumb
  • Durud
  • Duzakh
  • Dyer
  • Dying
  • Ear-Rings; Nose-Rings
  • Earth, The
  • Earthquake
  • Eating
  • Eating with Jews or Christians
  • Eclipse
  • Fa’l
  • Fai
  • Faith
  • Faiz-I-Aqdas
  • Fall
  • False Witness
  • Fana
  • Faqih
  • Faqir
  • Faqr
  • Fara
  • Fara’iz
  • Faraq
  • Faraqlit
  • Farsakh
  • Farwah
  • Farz
  • Farz Kifa’i
  • Farzu-l-Ain
  • Fasid
  • Fasiq
  • Fasting
  • Fate
  • Father
  • Fatimah
  • Fatq
  • Fatrah
  • Fatwa
  • Faujdar
  • Fautu’l-Jajj
  • Fazl
  • Fazuli
  • Feast Days
  • Female Infanticide
  • Fidyah
  • Fig
  • Fijar
  • Fines
  • Fiqh
  • Fir’aun
  • Firasah
  • Firash
  • Firdaus
  • Fire
  • First Born
  • Fish
  • Fitan
  • Five Foundations of Islam
  • Five Keys of Secret Knowledge
  • Five Senses
  • Food
  • Forbidden Fruit
  • Forgiveness
  • Forgiveness of Injuries
  • Fornication
  • Fortune-Telling
  • Fosterage
  • Foundling
  • Friday
  • Friendship
  • Fruits of the Earth
  • Fugitives
  • Fuls
  • Funeral
  • Furat
  • Fussilat
  • Future Life
  • Gabr
  • Gabriel
  • Gambling
  • Garden
  • Genii
  • Gentiles
  • George, St.
  • Ghabah, Al
  • Ghabn
  • Ghaddar
  • Ghadir
  • Ghaib
  • Ghair-I-Mahdi
  • Ghairah
  • Ghamarat
  • Ghasb
  • Ghasil
  • Ghassan
  • Ghatafan
  • Ghaus
  • Ghazab
  • Ghazi
  • Ghazwah
  • Ghifar
  • Ghishawah
  • Ghislin
  • Ghul
  • Ghulam
  • Ghulat
  • Ghulul
  • Ghurab
  • Ghurrah
  • Ghusl
  • Ghusl Masnun
  • Giant
  • Gideon
  • Gifts
  • Girdle
  • Gnostics
  • God
  • Ha’itiyah
  • Ha’izah
  • Haba
  • Habib An-Najjar
  • Habil
  • Habwah
  • Hadas
  • Hadd
  • Hadi
  • Hadis
  • Hadis Qudsi
  • Hadiyah
  • Hafiz
  • Hafsah
  • Hagar
  • Hair
  • Haiwan
  • Hajar
  • Hajb
  • Haji
  • Hajj
  • Hajj Mabrur
  • Hajjatu’l-Wada
  • Hakam
  • Hakim
  • Hakim
  • Hal
  • Halal
  • Halis
  • Hama’il
  • Hamalah
  • Hamalah
  • Haman
  • Hamim
  • Hamrau’l-Asad
  • Hamzah
  • Hamziyah
  • Hanafi
  • Hanbal
  • Hanbali
  • Hand
  • Handkerchiefs
  • Hanif
  • Haqiqah
  • Haqiqi
  • Haqq
  • Haqqu’l-Abd
  • Haqqu’l-Yaqin
  • Haqqu’llah
  • Haqqu’n-Nas
  • Haram
  • Haram
  • Haramu Makkah
  • Haramu’l-Madinah
  • Hares
  • Harf
  • Harim
  • Harim or Hareem
  • Haris
  • Harisiyah
  • Harun
  • Harut Wa Marut
  • Hasad
  • Hashim
  • Hashr
  • Hassan
  • Hatib Ibn ‘Amr
  • Haulanu’l-Haul
  • Hauzu’l-Kausar
  • Hawa
  • Hawajim
  • Hawajis
  • Hawalah
  • Hawamim
  • Hawari
  • Hawazin
  • Hawiyah
  • Hawk
  • Haya
  • Hayat
  • Hayula
  • Hayz
  • Hazar
  • Hazir Zamini
  • Hazrah
  • Head
  • Heaven
  • Heber
  • Hegira
  • Heirs
  • Hell
  • Helpers, The
  • Heraclius
  • Hermaphrodite
  • Hibah
  • Hidad
  • Hidayah
  • Hifzu’l-Ahd
  • Highway Robbery
  • Hijab
  • Hijaz
  • Hijr
  • Hijrah
  • Hikmah
  • Hilal
  • Hilf
  • Hilf’l-Fuzul
  • Hilm
  • Hima
  • Himmah
  • Hinna
  • Hiqqah
  • Hira
  • Hiraql
  • Hire
  • Hirs
  • Hiss
  • Hizanah
  • Holy Spirit
  • Homicide
  • Honey
  • Horses
  • Hospitality
  • Hour, The
  • Hours of Prayer
  • Houses
  • Hu, Huwa
  • Hubal or Hobal
  • Hubs
  • Huds
  • Hujjah
  • Hujjatu’l-Haqqi ‘Ala’l-Khalq
  • Hujrah
  • Hukm
  • Hulul
  • Human Sacrifices
  • Hunting
  • Hur
  • Husband
  • Husnu’l-Khulq
  • Huwairis
  • Huzaifah
  • Hypocrisy
  • Hypocrites
  • I’lan
  • I’man
  • I’sar
  • I’taq
  • I’tikaf
  • Ibahiyah
  • Ibaq
  • Ibaziyah
  • Iblis
  • Ibn ‘Abbas
  • Ibn ‘Umar
  • Ibn Hanbal
  • Ibn Khallikan
  • Ibn Majah
  • Ibn Maljam
  • Ibn Mas’ud
  • Ibn Saiyad
  • Ibrahim
  • Ibrahim
  • Id
  • Idan
  • Iddah
  • Idgah
  • Idiots
  • Idolatry
  • Idols
  • Idris
  • Idu’l-Azha
  • Idu’l-Fitr
  • Iffah
  • Ifrit
  • Iftar
  • Ihdad
  • Ihlal
  • Ihram
  • Ihsan
  • Ihsaru’l-Hajj
  • Ihtikar
  • Ihtilam
  • Ihtimam
  • Ihyau ‘l-Mawat
  • Ihzar
  • Ijab
  • Ijarah
  • Ijma
  • Ijtihad
  • Ikhlas
  • Ikrah
  • Ikrimah
  • Ikrimah
  • Ila
  • Ilah
  • Ilahi
  • Ilham
  • Illegitimate Children
  • Illiyun
  • Ilm
  • Ilmu’l-Adab
  • Ilmu’l-Akhlaq
  • Ilmu’l-Aktaf
  • Ilmu’l-Aqa’id
  • Ilmu’l-Asma
  • Ilmu’l-Batin
  • Ilmu’l-Falak
  • Ilmu’l-Fara’iz
  • Ilmu’l-Fiqh
  • Ilmu’l-Hadis
  • Ilmu’l-Handasah
  • Ilmu’l-Hikmah
  • Ilmu’l-Hisab
  • Ilmu’l-Ilahiyat
  • Ilmu’l-Insha
  • Ilmu’l-Jabr
  • Ilmu’l-Kaff
  • Ilmu’l-Kalam
  • Ilmu’l-Lughah
  • Ilmu’l-Lughah
  • Ilmu’l-Mantiq
  • Ilmu’l-Masahah
  • Ilmu’l-Milahah
  • Ilmu’l-Musiqa
  • Ilmu’l-Usul
  • Ilmu’n-Nabatat
  • Ilmu’n-Nujum
  • Ilmu’r-raml
  • Ilmu’r-Riyazah
  • Ilmu’s-Sihr
  • Ilmu’s-Simiya
  • Ilmu’sh-Shi’r
  • Ilmu’t-Tasawwuf
  • Ilmu’t-Tashrih
  • Ilmu’t-Tawarikh
  • Ilmu’t-Tibb
  • Ilmu’t-Tibb
  • Ilqa
  • Images
  • Imam
  • Imam Mahdi
  • Imam Mubin
  • Imam-Barah
  • Imamiyah
  • Imliq
  • Immaculate Conception
  • Immodesty
  • Imposture
  • Impotency
  • Imprisonment
  • Imran
  • Imsak
  • In’am
  • Incantation
  • Incense
  • Infant Salvation
  • Infants, The Religion of
  • Infaq
  • Infidel
  • Inheritance
  • Inhibition
  • Injil
  • Insha
  • Insha’a’llahuta’ala
  • Insolvency
  • Inspiration
  • Intellect
  • Intellect
  • Intercalation of the Year
  • Intermediate State
  • Introduction
  • Inzar
  • Inzi’aj
  • Iqalah
  • Iqamah
  • Iqrar
  • Iqtiza
  • Iradah
  • Iram
  • Irban
  • Irhas
  • Iron
  • Irtidad
  • Isa
  • Isaac
  • Isaiah
  • Isha
  • Ishaq
  • Ishaqiyah
  • Ishararu’l-Malak
  • Ishmael
  • Ishq
  • Islam
  • Ism
  • Ism-i-Jalali
  • Ism-i-Jamali
  • Ism-i-Sifah
  • Isma’il
  • Isma’il
  • Isma’iliyah
  • Ismah
  • Ismu’z-Zat
  • Isna-Ishariyah
  • Isqat
  • Isra
  • Israel
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  • Issue of Blood
  • Isti’anah
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  • Istihazah
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  • Istikharah
  • Istilad
  • Istilah
  • Istinja’
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  • Istinsmah
  • Istiqbal
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  • Istishab
  • Istisna
  • Itfir
  • Itq
  • Ittihad
  • Izn
  • Izra’il
  • Ja’-I-Namaz
  • Ja’far
  • Ja’faru Sadiq
  • Ja’lu’l-Jauf
  • Jabalu Musa
  • Jabarut
  • Jabbar
  • Jabil
  • Jabir
  • Jabr
  • Jacob
  • Jadd
  • Jagir
  • Jahannam
  • Jahl
  • Jaifar
  • Jaihun
  • Jaiyid
  • Jalal
  • Jalut
  • Jam’u’l-Jam
  • Jamada’l-Ula
  • Jamrah
  • Janab
  • Janabah
  • Janazah, Jinazah
  • Jann
  • Jannah
  • Jannatu ‘Adn
  • Jannatu’l-Firdaus
  • Jannatu’l-Ma’wa
  • Jannatu’n-Na’im
  • Jar Mulasiq
  • Jarr
  • Jasuliq
  • Jawami’u’l-Kalim
  • Jaz’ah
  • Jazbah
  • Jeddah
  • Jehovah
  • Jeremiah
  • Jerusalem
  • Jewels
  • Jews, Judaism
  • Jibt
  • Jihad
  • Jihaz
  • Jinayah
  • Jiran
  • Jirjis
  • Jizyah
  • Job
  • John Baptist
  • Joking
  • Jonah
  • Jordan
  • Joseph
  • Joshua
  • Ju’l
  • Jubair
  • Jubbu’l-Huzn
  • Judge
  • Judgement Day
  • Jum’ah
  • Jumada’l-Ukhra
  • Junub
  • Jurf
  • Justifiable Homicide
  • Juwairiyah
  • Juz’
  • Ka’b Ibn Malik
  • Ka’bah
  • Ka’biyah
  • Ka’lah
  • Kabirah
  • Kachkul
  • Kafalah
  • Kafan
  • Kaffarah
  • Kafir
  • Kafur
  • Kahin
  • Kahruba
  • Kaifiyah
  • Kalam
  • Kalamu’llah
  • Kalimah
  • Kalimatu’l-Hazrah
  • Kalimatu’sh-Shahadat
  • Kalimu’llah
  • Kalisah Kilisah
  • Kamil
  • Kamiliyah
  • Kan’an
  • Kanisah
  • Karawan
  • Karbala
  • Karubin
  • Kashf
  • Katib
  • Katibu’l-Waqidi
  • Khabar Mutawatir
  • Khabar-I-Wahid
  • Khabis
  • Khadijah
  • Khafi
  • Khaibar
  • Khairat
  • Khairu’l-Qurun
  • Khalfiyah
  • Khalid
  • Khalidun
  • Khalifah
  • Khalilu’llah
  • Khamr
  • Khan
  • Khanzab
  • Kharabat
  • Kharaj
  • Kharqu’l-Adah
  • Khashyah
  • Khasr
  • Khass
  • Khatimu’l-Nabiyin
  • Khatimu’n-Nabu Wah
  • Khatir
  • Khatmah
  • Khatn
  • Khatnah
  • Khatt
  • Khauf
  • Khawarij
  • Khazraj
  • Khibrah
  • Khil’ah or Khil’at
  • Khilafah
  • Khilwah
  • Khirqah
  • Khitbah
  • Khiyanah
  • Khiyar
  • Khizlan
  • Khubab or Khabbab
  • Khubaib
  • Khudai
  • Khudawand
  • Khul
  • Khulq
  • Khultin
  • Khulud
  • Khums
  • Khunsa
  • Khusur
  • Khutbah
  • Khutbatu’l-Waqfah
  • Khuza’ah
  • Khuzaimah
  • Khuzaimah Ibn Sabit
  • Khwajah
  • Kibr
  • Kinanah
  • Kinayah
  • Kindah
  • Kindred
  • King
  • Kiramah
  • Kiramiyah
  • Kiramun Katibun
  • Kisra
  • Kiswah
  • Kitabi
  • Kitabiyah
  • Kitabu’l-A’mal
  • Kitamin
  • Kneeling
  • Knowledge
  • Korah
  • Kufr
  • Kulah
  • Kulsum
  • Kursuf
  • Kurz Ibn Jabir
  • La’nah
  • Laadriyah
  • Labbaika
  • Labid
  • Lahd
  • Lahut
  • Lahyan
  • Lailatu’l-Bara’ah
  • Lailatu’l-Mubarakah
  • Lailatu’l-Qadr
  • Lailatu’r-Ragba’ib
  • Lais
  • Lamentation
  • Land
  • Lapidation
  • Laqab
  • Laqit
  • Larceny
  • Laughing
  • Law, The
  • Lawping
  • Laza
  • Lazarus
  • Leae
  • Lebanon
  • Legacy
  • Legitimacy
  • Letters
  • Li’an
  • Libas
  • Liberality
  • Lifiyah
  • Lisanu’l-Haqq
  • Literature, Muslim
  • Liturgy
  • Liwa
  • Locusts
  • Logic
  • Lord’s Supper
  • Lot
  • Lots, Drawing of
  • Love
  • Lubb
  • Ludd
  • Lunatic
  • Luqman
  • Luqtah
  • Lut
  • Luxury
  • Lying
  • Ma’aqil
  • Ma’mudiyah
  • Ma’u’l-Quds
  • Ma’udah
  • Ma’zun
  • Mabna’t-Tasawwuf
  • Madrasah
  • Madyan
  • Mafqud
  • Magians
  • Magic
  • Magistrates
  • Magpie
  • Mahjur
  • Mahmal
  • Mahmudiyah
  • Mahr
  • Mahram
  • Maimunah
  • Maintenance
  • Majbub
  • Majority
  • Majuj
  • Majzub
  • Makkah
  • Makruh
  • Mal Zamini
  • Malak
  • Malaku’l-Maut
  • Malang
  • Malik
  • Malik
  • Maliku’l-Mulk
  • Mamat
  • Mamluk
  • Man La-Yastahzirahu’l-Faqih
  • Manaram
  • Manasik
  • Manat
  • Manihah
  • Manla
  • Manla
  • Manna
  • Manslaughter
  • Maqam Mahmud
  • Maqamu Ibrahim
  • Maqsurah
  • Mariyatu’l-Qibtiyah
  • Marriage
  • Marsiyah
  • Martyr
  • Marut
  • Marwah
  • Mary the Copt
  • Mary the Virgin
  • Maryam
  • Masah
  • Masjid
  • Masjidu’l-Khaif
  • Masjidu’n-Nabi
  • Masjidu’t-Taqwa
  • Masjidul Haram
  • Masnun
  • Matn
  • Maula
  • Maulawi
  • Maulid
  • Maut
  • Mecca
  • Medicine
  • Medina
  • Meditation
  • Menstruation
  • Mercy
  • Mi’raj
  • Michael
  • Midian
  • Miftahu’l-Jannah
  • Mihjan
  • Mihrab
  • Mika’il
  • Milk
  • Millah
  • Mina
  • Minaret
  • Minbar
  • Mines
  • Minhah
  • Minority
  • Miqat
  • Mir
  • Miracles
  • Miras
  • Mirza
  • Mirzabah
  • Misaq
  • Mishkattu’l-Masabih
  • Miskin
  • Misqal
  • Misr
  • Miswak
  • Mitraqah
  • Miyan
  • Mizan
  • Moderation
  • Modesty
  • Monasticism
  • Money
  • Monogamy
  • Monopoly
  • Month
  • Moon
  • Moors
  • Mortgage
  • Moses
  • Mosque
  • Mother
  • Mourning
  • Mu’ahid
  • Mu’allim
  • Mu’anaqah
  • Mu’awiyah
  • Mu’az Ibn Jabal
  • Mu’azzin
  • Mu’jizah
  • Mu’min
  • Mu’taddah
  • Mu’tamr
  • Mu’taq
  • Mu’tazilah
  • Mu’tiq
  • Mubah
  • Mubarat
  • Mubitiyah, Murjfah
  • Mubtadi
  • Mudabbab
  • Mudda’I
  • Mudda’I-Alaih
  • Mufarrihu’l-Ahzan
  • Mufsid
  • Mufti
  • Muhadasah
  • Muhaddis
  • Muhajir
  • Muhajiron
  • Muhammad
  • Muhammad, The Character of
  • Muhammad, The Children Of
  • Muhammad, The Wives Of
  • Muhammad’s Grave
  • Muhammadanism
  • Muharram
  • Muharramat
  • Muhayat
  • Muhazarah
  • Muhrim
  • Muhtakir
  • Muhtasib
  • Mujahid
  • Mujtahid
  • Mukari
  • Mukatab
  • Mukhaddarah
  • Mukhalatah
  • Mules
  • Mulhaq
  • Mulhid
  • Mulla
  • Mumsik
  • Munafiq
  • Munajat
  • Munassaf
  • Munf, Manf
  • Munfiq
  • Munkar and Nakir
  • Muqauqis
  • Muqayazah
  • Muqtada
  • Muqtadi
  • Murabahah
  • Murahaqah
  • Murahiq
  • Muraqabah
  • Murder
  • Murid
  • Mursal
  • Murshid
  • Murtadd
  • Musaddiq
  • Musafahah
  • Musailmah
  • Musalla
  • Musallad
  • Musalman
  • Musamarah
  • Musaqat
  • Mushabbihah
  • Mushahadah
  • Mushrik
  • Mushrooms
  • Music
  • Muslah
  • Muslim
  • Muslim
  • Musta’min
  • Mustahazah
  • Mustaliq
  • Mut’ah
  • Mutaqadim
  • Mutawalli
  • Mutilation
  • Muwahhid
  • Muwatta
  • Muzabanah
  • Muzara’ah
  • Muzarabah
  • Mysticism
  • Na’ib
  • Nabaligh
  • Nabbash
  • Nabi
  • Nabiz
  • Nad-I-‘Ali
  • Naf
  • Nafaqah
  • Nafi
  • Nafkh
  • Nafl
  • Nafs
  • Nafsa
  • Nahju’l-Balaghah
  • Nahr
  • Najasah
  • Najasahi
  • Najd
  • Najsh
  • Nakh
  • Nakhlah
  • Nakih
  • Nakirh
  • Namaz
  • Names, Surnames
  • Namus
  • Naql Sahih
  • Naqus
  • Narawa
  • Nasa
  • Nasab
  • Nasara
  • Nasikh
  • Nasr
  • Nass
  • Nass-I-Karim
  • Nasuh
  • Nasut
  • Nau Roz
  • Nauhah
  • Nawa’ib
  • Nazarenes
  • Nazr Wa Niyaz
  • Nebuchadnezzar
  • Necklace
  • Negus
  • Nehemiah
  • Neighbours
  • Nestor
  • New Moon
  • New Testament
  • New Year
  • Nickname
  • Nifaq
  • Nifas
  • Night Journey of Muhammad
  • Night Prayers
  • Nikah
  • Nimrod
  • Ninawa
  • Nineveh
  • Nisab
  • Niyah
  • Niyaz-I-Allah
  • Niyaz-I-Rasul
  • Noah
  • Noah’s Ark
  • Nomos
  • Nose
  • Nu’man
  • Nu’man
  • Nubuwah
  • Nuh
  • Nun
  • Nuptial Feast
  • Nuqu’u Z-Zabib
  • Nur-I-Muhammadi
  • Nuru’l-Anwar
  • Nuzul
  • Oath
  • Oath, The Administration of An
  • Offerings
  • Old and New Testaments, The Testimony of the Quran to the
  • Old Testament
  • Ommiades
  • Option
  • Ordination
  • Ornaments
  • Orphans
  • Othman
  • Outlaws
  • Paighambar
  • Paraclete
  • Paradise
  • Pardon for Sin
  • Parentage
  • Parents
  • Parish
  • Parsi
  • Parturition
  • Patience
  • Pawning
  • Pen
  • Pentateuch
  • Pestilence
  • Pharaoh
  • Philosophy, Muslim
  • Pictures
  • Pilgrimages to Makkah
  • Pir
  • Plagues of Egypt
  • Planets
  • Plunder
  • Poets
  • Poll-Tax
  • Polygamy
  • Potiphar
  • Prayer
  • Prayers for the Dead
  • Pre-Emption
  • Pre-Existence of Souls
  • Preacher
  • Predestination
  • Preserved Tablet
  • Pride
  • Priest
  • Privacy of Dwellings
  • Prohibited Degrees of Marriage
  • Prophet
  • Prophetesses
  • Psalms of David, The
  • Puberty
  • Pulpit
  • Punishment
  • Punishments of the Grave
  • Purgatory
  • Purifications
  • Ra’ina
  • Rabbu’l Akhir
  • Rabbu’n Nau
  • Rabiu’l Awwal
  • Rachel
  • Radd
  • Raddu’s Salam
  • Rafi Ibn Khadij
  • Rafizi
  • Rahbaniyah
  • Rahib
  • Rahil
  • Rahil
  • Rahmar
  • Rahn
  • Rainbow
  • Raiyan
  • Raiyan Ibn Al-Walid
  • Raj’ah
  • Rajab
  • Rajim
  • Rajm
  • Rak’ah
  • Ramazan
  • Ramyu’l-Jimar
  • Raqabah
  • Rasm
  • Rasul
  • Ratl, Ritl
  • Raven
  • Rawa
  • Re-Marriage
  • Rebel
  • Recording Angels, The
  • Red Sea
  • Religion
  • Religious Duties
  • Rental
  • Repentance
  • Residuaries
  • Resignation
  • Resurrection
  • Retaliation
  • Reuben
  • Revelation
  • Revenge
  • Riba
  • Ribat
  • Riches
  • Rikaz
  • Rings
  • Riqq
  • Risalah
  • Rising Up
  • Rites
  • River
  • Riwan
  • Riwayah
  • Riya
  • Riza
  • Road of God
  • Roman
  • Rosary
  • Rozah
  • Rub
  • Ruh
  • Ruhu’l Qudus
  • Ruhu’llah
  • Ruinous Buildings
  • Rukh
  • Ruku
  • Rule of Faith
  • Rulers
  • Ruqaiyah
  • Ruqba
  • Ruqyah
  • Ruya
  • Sa or Suwa
  • Sa’d Ibn ‘Ubadah
  • Sa’d Ibn Abi Waqqas
  • Sa’d Ibn Mu’az
  • Sa’id Ibn Zaid
  • Sa’ir
  • Sab’atu-Ahruf
  • Saba
  • Saba’u’l Masani
  • Sabbath
  • Sabeans
  • Sabi
  • Sabilu’llah
  • Sabt
  • Sacraments, Christian
  • Sacrifice
  • Sad
  • Sadaqah
  • Sadr
  • Sadum
  • Safar
  • Saff
  • Safiyah
  • Safiyu’llah
  • Safiyu’llah
  • Safwan Ibn Umaiyah
  • Sahabi
  • Sahibu’n Nisab
  • Sahibu’z Zaman
  • Sahifah
  • Sahifatu’l A’mal
  • Sahihu Muslim
  • Sahihu’l Bukhari
  • Sahm
  • Sahur
  • Saifu’llah
  • Saihun
  • Sailbah
  • Saints
  • Saiyibah
  • Saiyid
  • Sajdah
  • Sajdatu Sh-Shukr
  • Sajdatu’s-Sahw
  • Sajjadah
  • Sakhr
  • Sakinah
  • Salaf
  • Salam
  • Salatu R-Raqha’ib
  • Salatu S-Safar
  • Salatu T-Tarawih
  • Salatu T-Tasbih
  • Salatu’l Kusuf
  • Salatu’l Witr
  • Salatu’l-Hajah
  • Salatu’l-Idain
  • Salatu’l-Istikharah
  • Salatu’l-Istisqa
  • Salatu’l-Jinazaii
  • Salatu’l-Jum’ah
  • Salatu’l-Khauf
  • Salatu’l-Khusuf
  • Salatu’l-Mariz
  • Sale, The Law of
  • Salib
  • Salih
  • Salik
  • Salsabil
  • Salutations
  • Salvation
  • Samarah
  • Samaritan
  • Samuel
  • San’a
  • Sanad
  • Sanam
  • Sanctuary
  • Sandals
  • Saqar
  • Saracen
  • Sarah
  • Saraqah
  • Sarf
  • Sarih
  • Sariq
  • Satan
  • Satr
  • Sattuqah
  • Saudah
  • Saum
  • Saumu T-Tatawwu
  • Saut
  • Sawa’im
  • Sawab
  • School
  • Scripture, Holy
  • Sculpture
  • Sea
  • Seal of Prophecy
  • Sects of Islam
  • Sermon
  • Serpent
  • Seth
  • Seven Dialects
  • Seven Salams
  • Sha’ban
  • Shab-I-Barat
  • Shab-I-Qadr
  • Shadi
  • Shadidu’l-Quwa
  • Shaf
  • Shafa’ah
  • Shaghar
  • Shah
  • Shahadah
  • Shahid
  • Shahinshah
  • Shaikh
  • Shaitan
  • Shajjah
  • Shaking Hands
  • Shaqqu’s-Sadr
  • Sharab
  • Sharh
  • Shari’ah
  • Shart
  • Shaving
  • Shaving the Head
  • Shawwal
  • Shem
  • Shi’ah
  • Shirb
  • Shirk
  • Shirkah
  • Shoes
  • Shroud
  • Shu’aib
  • Shurb
  • Siddiq
  • Sidratu’l-Muntaha
  • Sifah
  • Sifatiyah
  • Sijdah
  • Sijill
  • Sijjin
  • Sikandar
  • Sikhism
  • Silsilah
  • Simon Peter
  • Simsar
  • Sin
  • Sinai
  • Singing
  • Siparah
  • Siqah
  • Sirat
  • Sirius
  • Sitting
  • Six Foundations of Faith
  • Slander
  • Slaughter of Animals
  • Sneezing
  • Sodom
  • Solomon
  • Son
  • Soul
  • Spider
  • Spirit
  • Spitting
  • Spoils, The
  • Subhah
  • Subhana’llahi
  • Sufah
  • Sufi
  • Suftajah
  • Suhail Ibn Amr
  • Suicide
  • Sukr
  • Sulaim
  • Sulaiman
  • Sulh
  • Suls
  • Sultan
  • Sunnah
  • Sunni
  • Supererogation, Acts Of
  • Surah
  • Sutrah
  • Suwa
  • Swearing
  • Swine
  • Synagogues
  • Syria
  • Ta Ha
  • Ta’ah
  • Ta’alluq
  • Ta’am
  • Ta’awwuz
  • Taba’u’t-Tabi’in
  • Tabarruk
  • Tabi’un
  • Tabib
  • Tables of the Law
  • Tabuk
  • Tabut
  • Tadbir
  • Tafakkur
  • Tafsir
  • Taghlib
  • Taghut
  • Tahaluf
  • Tahannus
  • Taharar
  • Tahir
  • Tahlil
  • Tahmid
  • Tasawwuf
  • Tasbih
  • Za’firaniyah
  • Zabh
  • Zabihah
  • Zabir
  • Zabt
  • Zabur
  • Zacharias
  • Zafir
  • Zahf
  • Zahir
  • Zahiru’l-Mahzab
  • Zahiru’l-Mumkinat
  • Zaid Ibn Al-Haris
  • Zaidiyah
  • Zakat
  • Zarid
  • Zikr
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