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Concepts of Faith
86 articlesA study of the major concepts of faith between their meaning in language and revelation and their application in life.
Concepts of Faith
Tawakkul in the Qurʾan
When the people of Abraham kindled the fire and cast him into it, he had with him no army, no stratagem, and no apparent path of escape. Ibn ʿAbbās (may God be pleased with them both) narrates, in…
Riḍā in the Qurʾan
The Qurʾan describes the moment of the soul's passing over to its Lord in one of the most tender scenes of the Qurʾan: "O tranquil soul, return to your Lord, well-pleased and well-pleasing (rāḍiyatan…
Sakīnah in the Qurʾan
In the hollow of a mountain outside Mecca, two men sit in a narrow cave that holds only them, and above its mouth the feet of the pursuers draw near, step by step. Had one of the pursuers looked to…
Khushūʿ in the Qurʾan
The Qurʾan draws an astonishing hypothetical scene without parallel in depicting the greatness of revelation: "Had We sent down this Qurʾan upon a mountain, you would have seen it humbled (khāshiʿan)…
Ḥayāʾ in the Qurʾan
The Messenger of God ﷺ was, as Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī (may God be pleased with him) describes him, "more modest (ḥayāʾan) than a virgin in her chamber"[^1] — that untouched maiden not yet accustomed to…
Birr in the Qurʾan
The Muslims were praying toward Jerusalem, until the command came to turn the direction of prayer (qiblah) to the Kaʿbah while they were in the midst of their prayer; so those who were in a row…
Iḥsān in the Qurʾan
Gabriel (peace be upon him) asked the Prophet ﷺ, in the form of an unrecognized man, about Islam and he answered him, then about faith (īmān) and he answered him, then he asked him about the highest…
Raḥmah in the Qurʾan
On the authority of Abū Hurayrah (may God be pleased with him), the Prophet ﷺ said: "Indeed, the womb (raḥim) is a branch (shijnah) of the Most Merciful (al-Raḥmān), and God said: Whoever keeps you…
ʿAfw in the Qurʾan
The Prophet ﷺ commanded his Companions with a command apparently simple, deep in signification: "Trim the mustaches and leave the beards (aʿfū al-liḥā)"[^1] — cut the mustaches, and leave the beards…
Ḥikmah in the Qurʾan
The Qurʾan mentions in Sūrat Luqmān a gift that God granted to a man who was neither a prophet nor a king: "And We had certainly given Luqmān wisdom (al-ḥikmah), [saying]: Be grateful to God"…
Qisṭ and ʿAdl in the Qurʾan
In the last of the verses of Sūrat al-Raḥmān that draw the cosmos before they draw the human being, the verse comes in this order: "And the heaven He raised and set up the balance, that you not…
Shūrā in the Qurʾan
After the trial of Uḥud, when an error by some of the Muslims caused a painful setback, the Qurʾan did not direct the Prophet ﷺ to tighten his grip or dispense with those who erred, but to what seems…
Fitnah in the Qurʾan
Trenches were dug in the earth, and fire was kindled in them, and those of the people of that town who had believed in their Lord were brought and given a choice: either to apostatize from their…
Tazkiyah in the Qurʾan
Sūrat al-Shams opens with a series of oaths without parallel in the entire Qurʾan: by the sun and its brightness, and the moon when it follows it, and the day when it displays it, and the night when…
Taqwā in the Qurʾan
In Sūrat al-Naḥl the Qurʾan mentions a simple, tangible blessing: garments that shield you from the heat and garments that shield you from your own violence (16:81)…
Ḥanīfiyyah in the Qurʾan: From Meaning to Application
A Qurʾanic study tracing the term ḥanīf across every occurrence, from its linguistic root to its objective-based reading.
Yaqīn in the Qurʾan: From Knowledge to Sight to Truth
A Qurʾanic study tracing yaqīn (certainty) from its linguistic root to its threefold epistemic structure and its bearing on the steadiness of the heart.
Murāwadah in the Qurʾan: Drawing a Person Away from Himself
A Qurʾanic study of murāwadah, tracing its occurrences, its linguistic root and the structure of «drawing him away from himself» through the story of Yusuf.
Kayd in the Qurʾan: One Verb, Two Opposing Agents
A Qurʾanic study of kayd (scheming) in Surat Yusuf, where the same verb is attributed first to the brothers and then to God.
The Self That Commands Evil in the Qurʾan
A Qurʾanic study of the commanding self (al-nafs al-ammārah), the single verse in which it appears and its place among the stations of the self.
Tamkīn in the Qurʾan: Empowerment After Trial
A Qurʾanic study of tamkīn (empowerment): its occurrences, its conditions and its Yusufian model.
Taʾwīl in the Qurʾan: What Things Return To
A Qurʾanic study of taʾwīl across its seventeen occurrences, eight of them in Surat Yusuf, and its difference from the later technical sense.
Istiʿṣām in the Qurʾan: Seeking Protection and Taking Its Means
A Qurʾanic study of istiʿṣām, the verb that occurs once in the Qurʾan, and its relation to iʿtiṣām and ʿiṣmah.
Rajāʾ in the Qurʾan: The Ease of God and the Negation of Despair
A Qurʾanic study of hope (rajāʾ) as read through Yaʿqub’s counsel, «do not despair of the ease of God», and its pairing with action and fear.