[28] Someone who has newly converted, or expected to convert, to Islam.
[29] Hairs from the Prophet’s ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ blessed beard.
[30] Hurûfîs are a heretical group among Muslims. Please see the thirty- seventh chapter of the second fascicle of Endless Bliss.
[31] The Prophet’s family.
[32] Hadrat Imâm Rabbânî ‘quddisa sirruh’ means himself.
[33] There is detailed information about ablution and ghusl in the second and fourth, respectively, chapters of the fourth fascicle of Endless Bliss.
[34] Shifâ-i-sherîf, by Qâdî Iyâd ‘rahimahullâhu ta’âlâ’.
[35] (Lexically), orator, speaker; (in this context), performer of a certain sermon, termed khutba, made before Friday prayer and after ’Iyd prayers.
[36] An answer given by an Islamic scholar to Muslims’ questions.
[37] Please see the thirty-fifth and fortieth chapters of the third fascicle of Endless Bliss.
[38] There is detailed information about Lawh-il-Mahfûz in the thirty-sixth chapter of the third fascicle of Endless Bliss.
[39] Islamic science dealing with the explanation of âyats of the Qur’ân al- kerîm.
[40] May he be accursed.
[41] Mawlânâ Khâlid Baghdâdî ‘rahmatullâhi ’aleyh’ (1192, Zûr-1242 [1826 A.D.], Damascus).
[42] Lexically, barakat means abundance, blessing, fruitfullness. When something has barakat, it is somehow more nutricious and more healthful than it would have been otherwise, although barakat does not materially add to its amount.
[43] Reckoned from the blessed Prophet’s migration to Medina.
[44] Solar.
[45] Reckoned from the time supposed to be Îsâ’s ‘alaihis-salâm’ birth-time.
[46] Literature that deals with facts about our blessed Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’, his biography, his beautiful moral qualities, his utterances, which are calledhadîth-i-sherîf, etc.
[47] For detailed information about ghusl (ritual washing); namâz (Islam’s prescribed daily prayer); wudû (ablution); and jihâd (serving Islam physically, financially and spiritually), please see Endless Bliss: 4-4; ibid: 4-1; ibid: 4-1, 2, 3, 5; and all the publications of Waqf Ikhlas, respectively.