Glossary of Key Terms
The ʿAllāmah often stops to explain what a Qur'anic word means, from its root and its use in the Qur'an, or quotes a lexicographer such as al-Rāghib, before building his interpretation on it. This glossary gathers those explanations, with a page for each letter. Choose a letter or a term below, or type in the box to find one. Each meaning is summarized from his words; follow the link to read the full explanation in the commentary. A term he explains in several places is listed once, with each place.
A B D F G H I J K L M N Q R S T U W Y Z
A
abrār ʿaḍḍ adhā ʿadl ʿadn ʿadw ʿafw aḥad ʿahd ahl al-bayt aḥqāb ajal ajal musammā ajr akhbār āl aʿlá ʿālamīn Allāh amad ʿamal amānah amr anfāl anfus ʿanwah ʿaqabah ʿaqd ʿaql aqnā aʿrāb ʿarḍ arjāʾ ʿarsh asfal sāfilīn ashrāṭ ashudd athārah athqāl atqá ʿatw ʿawdh awlawiyyah awwāb al-awwal wa al-ākhir āyah ayd ʿayn al-yaqīn ʿayy ayyām allāh ʿazm
B
baghī baghy bahīmah bāl balāgh al-bāqiyāt al-ṣāliḥāt barʾ barāʾah barakah barr barzakh baṣāʾir bashar baṣīrah bāṭil baṭr bayʿah bayān bayyinah birr buhtān bulūgh al-ashadd bunyān marṣūṣ burhān burūj bushrā
D
dahr ḍalāl darajah darajāt dhalūl dhanb dhanūb dharʾ dhāt al-bayn dhikr dhū al-jalāl wa al-ikrām dhū al-qurbā dhū al-quwwah dhū al-ṭawl dīn duʿāʾ ḍurr
F
faḍl fāḥishah faḥshāʾ falāḥ faraḥ faraḍa farāgh farḍ farq fasād faṣl faṣl al-khiṭāb fatḥ fāṭir fatn faṭr al-fattāḥ fawj fawt fawz fazʿ fazaʿ fisq fitnah fiṭrah fuʾād fujjār fujūr furqān furūj fuṭūr
G
ghafr ghalabah ghamrah ghanīmah gharām gharūr ghāshiyah ghāsiq ghawr ghayb al-ghayb wa al-shahādah ghayy ghībah ghill
H
ḥabṭ ḥadd ḥāfiẓ ḥajj ḥakīm halūʿ ḥamd ḥamīd ḥaml hamzah ḥanān ḥanīf ḥaqq ḥaqq al-yaqīn ḥāqqah ḥasan ḥashr hawā hāwiyah hawn haymanah hidāyah ḥijr ḥikmah ḥikmah bālighah ḥill ḥimiyyah ḥinth ḥubuk hudā ḥudūd allāh ḥukm humazah ḥuṭamah
I
ʿibʾ ʿibādah ʿibra ibtilāʾ ʿiddah iddāraka īdhān idhn ifāʾah ifk ighwāʾ īḥāʾ iḥkām iḥṣāʾ iḥṣān ihtidāʾ ijtibāʾ ikhtiyār ikmāl ilāh īlāf ilhāʾ ilhām ʿilliyyūn imām imām mubīn īmān imdād imtiḥān inābah infiḍāḍ infikāk inshāʾ inzāl ʿiqāb iqrāʾ iqsāṭ irtidād ʿiṣam ishfāq ishtikāʾ islām islām al-wajh ism ʿiṣmah iṣr isrāf istakānah istidrāj iṣṭifāʾ istighfār istighnāʾ istijābah istikhlāf iṣṭināʿ istinbāṭ istinsākh istiqāmah istiwāʾ istiwāʾ ʿalā al-ʿarsh iṭfāʾ nūr allāh īthār ithbāt ithkhān ithm iʾtimār itmām ʿiwaj iẓhār ʿizzah
J
jaḥd janb allāh jazāʾ jibillah jibt jihād jinn jiwār jizya jund junnah juzʾ
K
kabad kabāʾir kadḥ kadhb kāffah kaffārah kalālah al-kalim al-ṭayyib kalimah kalimah ṭayyibah kanūd kanz karāmah kawthar kayd khabʾ khalāʾif khalq khalq jadīd khannās kharṣ khashiyah khashya khāsiʾ khaṭaʾ khātam khāṭiʾ khawḍ khawf khayr khayrāt ḥisān khilāfah khiyānah khizy khulūd khuluq khushūʿ khushub musannadah khusr khusrān kibriyāʾ kitāb kitāb ḥafīẓ kufʾ kufr kun
L
laʿb laghw laḥn lahw lahw al-ḥadīth laʿib laʿn laṭīf līnah liqāʾ liqāʾ allāh
M
maʿārij maghfirah maḥw maʿīshah maʿiyyah majd makr maʿkūf malāʾikah malakūt mālik mamnūn mann manṭiq maqām maqām rabbih maqt maʿrūf maʿrūf and munkar masbūq masjūr mass mathānī māʿūn mawaddah mawʿiẓa mawlā mawr mawt maymanah minna mīqāt miqdār mīrāth mirṣād miryah mishkāh muʿāqabah mubīn muḥkamāt muḥṣanāt mujāhadah mukhallaf mukhlaṣ mukhlaṣūn mukhtāl mulk mulk ḥaqīqī munīb muntahā muqarrabūn murābaṭah murāwada musābaqah muṣībah muṭahharūn mutaqallab mutraf
N
nabī nafar nafkh nafs naḥr naʿīm najd najwā nakāl al-nashʾah al-ukhrā nasīʾ naskh naṣr allāh nifāq niʿmah nisyān nubuwwah nukur nūr nuṭq
Q
qaḍāʾ qadar qadīr qadr qahr qalb qalb salīm qarḍ qāriʿah qaṣaṣ qawwām qayyūm qirāʾah qiyām qunūt qurʾān
R
rabb rabbānī rabṭ ʿalā l-qulūb raḥīm rahīn rahīnah raḥmah raḥmān rahṭ rajāʾ rajīm rajs rakn raṣad ratq rawḥ rayn razzāq ribā riḍā riḥlah rijs rizq rubūbiyyah rūḥ ruhbāniyyah rushd ruʾyah
S
sābiqūn ṣabr ṣabr jamīl safah ṣaff ṣafḥ ṣaghw sāhūn sakhriyyah sakīnah sakrat al-mawt ṣalāḥ salām ṣalāt ṣaly samʿ ṣamad sarīrah ṣarṣar saʿy self-blaming soul shahādah shahīq shahwah shākilah shaʾn shaqāwah sharʿ sharḥ sharḥ al-ṣadr sharīʿah shayṭān shīʿah shuḥḥ shukr shūrā shuʿūb shuwāẓ ṣiddīq ṣidq sifr sijjīn silm al-ṣirāṭ al-mustaqīm soul at peace sūʾ suʾāl sudá suḥt sujūd sukr sulṭān sūrah
T
ṭāʿah tabāb ṭabaq tabāraka tabarruj tabāruk tabattul tabayyun tabdhīr tabdīl tadabbur taḍarruʿ tadbīr tadhkirah taḍlīl tafaqqud tafassuḥ tafāwut tafsīr tafwīḍ taghābun ṭāghūt tahajjud taḥrīm ṭāʾir tajassum al-aʿmāl tajassus taʾjīl takabbur takāthur takbīr takfīr al-sayyiʾāt taklīf takrīm takwīr taʿlīm al-kitāb talwiyah tamannī tamḥīṣ tamkīn ṭāmmah tanzīh tanzīl taqarrub taqdīm taqiyyah taqwā taqwīm taqyīḍ ṭāriq tartīl taʿs tasbīḥ taskhīr taswīl taṣwīr taṣwīyah taṭayyur taṭfīf taṭhīr tawaffā tawaffī tawakkul tawallā tawāṣī bil-ḥaqq tawbah tawbah naṣūḥ tawfiyah taʾwīl tawkīl taysīr ṭayyib ṭayyibāt tazakkī tazwīj thaqf thawāb thiql tijārah ṭūbā ṭughyān tuṭahhir, tuzakkī
U
ʿukūf ʿulamāʾ ulū al-amr ulūhiyyah umm al-kitāb ummah ummiyy ʿutuw
W
wabāl wadūd waḥī waḥy wajh wajs wakīl walāya walī waqār wāqiʿah wasīlah waṣiyyah waswasah wathāq waṭīn waʿy wilāyah wiqāyah wirāthah witr wizr wulūj wurūd
Y
yaqīn yatafaqqahū fī al-dīn yatawaffā yukshafu ʿan sāq
Z
zabāniyah zakāt zalzalah ẓann zaygh ẓihār zīnah zubur ẓullām zūr