The Concise Encyclopedia of Islam

Abbāsid Abd Allah Abraham Abū Bakr ad-Dīn Aḥmad al-Ghazālī Alī Allāh Angels ar-Raḥmān Arabia Arabic Assassins Baghdad Battle became Caliph called century Christian creation death descendants Divine Name doctrine dynasty Egypt esoteric existence famous Fățimid Fatimids FIVE DIVINE PRESENCES ghusl Gnostic God's Ḥadīth hajj Ḥasan heaven Hidden Imām Hijrah Husayn ibn Abd Ibn Arabī Ibrāhīm iḥrām īlīs Imām India Iran Iraq Islam Ismā Ismā'īlīs Ja'far Jesus Ka'bah Khārijites knowledge Koran Lord Mahdī Mamlūks manifestation means Mecca Medina Mongols mosque Mu'tazilites 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'ite soul spiritual stone Sufi Sufism Sultan Sunnah Sunnī Sūrah symbol Syria tariqah thee theology thou tion tomb traditional tribes Turkish Twelve-Imām Shi'ites Umar Umayyad umrah word Yemen