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282 Subject Index Aaron, 87, 0 al-`Abbās, 63`Abbasid Dynasty, 62–65, 37, 254`Abdū, Muhammad, 73, 9 abortion (ijhād .), 29 Abraham as an Islamic prophet, 87 and genealogical lines, 6 and idol worship, 5 at Mecca, 7–72 in the Qur’ān, 9–2, 0, 53 as a h .anīf, 2–3, 257 “Abraham” (Sūra 4), 06 Abū Bakr, 42, 44, 45–46, 20 Abū H . anīfa, 36 Abū Hurayra, 85 Abū `Imrān Mūsā Ibn Maymūn (Maimonides ), 66, 97–98 Abū Karib As`ad, –2 Abū Sufyān, 30 Ābū T . ālib, 22 Abū Zayd, Nas .r Hāmid, 9 activist Islam, 75 acts see behavior, five categories of Adam, 0, 208 adultery, 88–89 ahl al-Bayt (people of the Prophet’s house), 3, 99, 254 ahl al-Kitāb see People of the Book`A’isha, 44, 49, 224, 25n3 Akbar, 7 alcohol, 228–29 Alevi-Bektashi community (Sufi), 98 Allāh see God amir (prince), 67 analogical reasoning (qiyās), 38–40, 264 ancestor, pious (salafi), 75, 264 Andalusia see Umayyad Spain angels, 85–86, 224 animals, 83, 73–74, 20–, 225–26, 227 annulment (faskh or tafrīq), 22`aqīqa (sacrifice after birth), 20– al-Aqsa Mosque, 6 283 S U B J E C T I N D E X Arabia, pre-Islamic, 0–4 Arabian Nights, 65 Arabic language common Muslim phrases, 75 and grammarian study of the Qur’ān, 07 as language of government, science and law, 58, 6, 97 only language of true Qur’ān, 0 philosophical works in, 98 and prayer, 58 variations in pronunciation, 249n3 (ch.22) and vowels, 2–22 Arabs in the Bible, 5–8`Arafa (in Arabia), 73 arbitration, 38, 50–5 Arkoun, Mohammed, 9 arts, 63–65, 23 Asad, Muhammad, 249n (ch.23) Ascension of Muhammad (al-mi`rāj), 94, 259, 262 al-Ash`arī, Abūl-H . asan `Ali, 96 Ashariyya, 96–97`ashūra fast, 35, 67, 208, 247n0, 255 al-Asmā’ al-H . usnā (the most beautiful names of God), 8–82, 64, 97, 255 Ataturk, Mustafa Kemal, 73, 97 authenticity of Muhammad and the Qur’ān, 3–32, 34–35, 87–88, , 25–26 Averroes, 97–98, 78 Avicebron, 99 Avicenna, 98`awra (modesty zone), 230–3, 255 Aws (or Banū Aws), 25–26, 255 āya (verse), 06 Ayyubid Dynasty, 66 Al-Azhar University, 87, 204, 255, 266 Babylon, 7, 64–65, 240n (ch.2) al-Badawī, Sīdī Ah .mad, 90 Badawiya order of Sufi, 90 Badis of Granada, 68 Badr, Battle of, 29, 08, 256 Baghdad (Iraq), 64, 76 al-Bannā, H . assan, 75 Banū Umayya, 62 al-Barā, Bishr b., 40–4 baraka (blessing), 32, 255 Bar Hana, Rabbah bar, 8 barrier (h .ijāb), 23, 258 see also modesty in dress barzakh (time between death and resurrection), 224 basmala (invocation), 23, 75, 256 al-Bas .rī, al-H . asan, 94 “beautiful names of God,” 8–82, 64, 65, 97, 255 Bedouin, 5 behavior, five categories of, 42–44 see also sunna Bektāshīya order of Sufism, 97 Believers (mu’mim, mu’minūn) early followers of Muhammad, 27–3, 34, 39, 45, 53–54, 24n (ch.4) Qur’ān on, 08–0, 237 Bible see Hebrew Bible; New Testament bid`a (innovation), 39, 256 Bilāl, 60 Bint al-Shāt .ī, 9 biographical information about Muhammad , 29–30 birth, 20–2 blessing (baraka), 32, 255 blood (al-damm), 225–26 al-Bukhārī, Ismā`īl, 27 burial customs, 222–23 burqà (modesty covering), 233 Byzantine Empire, 52–59 284 S U B J E C T I N D E X Cairo (Egypt), 66, 76 calendars, 205–9, 250n2 (ch.25) caliphs see khalīfa calligraphy as an art form, 23, 59 call to prayer, 6, 262 Camel, Battle of the, 49 celibacy, 23 chador (Persian modesty covering), 233, 256 “challenge verses,” “Chapter of Sincerity” (Sūra 2), 79 charitable trust or foundation (waqf), 22–22, 268 charity (s .adaqa), 66, 264 childbirth, 20–2 “The Children of Israel” (Sūra 7), 06 Christianity, 0–4, 80, 32, 54, 85, 90, 205 Christians, 47, 53–54, 56, 59, 88, 53– 54, 237 chronological order of events, 8–9, 24, 05–0 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 24n (ch.5) circling rituals, 70, 72, 247n circumcision (khitān), 40, 87, 22...