[126] Written by Husayn bin 'Alî 'rahmatullâhi 'alaih'.
[127] Bahja-t-ul-fatâwâ, by Abdullah Rûmî 'rahmatullâhi 'alaih', (d. 1156 [1743 A.D.], Kanlıca, Bosphorus.)
[128] Hadrat Muhammad's ascent to heaven. There is detailed information about Mi'râj in the first fascicle of Endless Bliss and in Belief and Islam.
[129] A journey that would take three days plus three nights by walking.
[130] Please see chapter 10 for a definition of 'âdil Muslim.
[131] Written by 'Alâ'uddîn Haskafî 'rahmatullâhi ta'âlâ 'alaih', (1021, Haskaf- 1088 [1677 A.D.].)
[132] Written by Ahmad Hamawî, (d. 1098 [1686 A.D.]). It is a commentary to Eshbâh,a valuable book written by Ibni Nujaym Zeyn-ul-'âbidîn bin Ibrâhîm ibni Nujaym-i-Misrî'rahmatullâhi 'alaih', 926 - 970 [1562 A.D.], Egypt.)
[133] Durer ve Ghurer, a splendid book of Fiqh written by the third Ottoman Shaikh-ul-Islâm, Molla Husrev 'rahmatullâhi ta'âlâ 'alaih', (d. 885 [1480 A.D.], Istanbul, buried in Bursa.)
[134] Elif, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
[135] The thirteenth Ottoman Shaikh-ul-Islâm
[136] Kesîr means many. 'Amal means action, movement. 'Amal-i kesîr means more than one movements. Doing 'amal-i-kesîr in namâz nullifies namâz.
[137] Germination mark. When you see that mark above an Arabic consonant letter, you repeat the letter as if there were two of them.
[138] Waqf means pause. When reading or reciting the Qur'ân, you have to stop when you see certain symbols. These symbols are called Waqf. Wasl means to link the final consonant of an Arabic word to the first vowel of the word following it. Symbols indicating such linkage are called Wasl
[139] The early savants, who knew how to read the Qur'ân al-kerîm correctly.
[140] Please see the seventh chapter of the fifth fascicle of Endless Bliss for Hajj.
[141] Written by Sayyid Abdullah Dahlawî 'rahmatullâhi ta'âlâ 'alaih', (1158 [1744 A.D.], Punjab - 1240 [1824], Delhi.)
[142] Fatâwâ-i-Khâniyya, or Majmu'â-i-Khâniyya, by Qâdî Khân Hasan bin Mansûr Ferghânî 'rahmatullâhi ta'âlâ 'alaih', (d. 592 [1196 A.D.].) It was printed on the margins of the book Fatâwâ-i-Hindiyya in Egypt in 1310 A.H., and was reproduced by way of offset in 1393 [1973 A.D.].
[143] Written by 'Alî bin Muhammad Wâwerdî 'rahmatullâhî ta'âla 'alaih', (364 [974 A.D.], Basra - 450 [1058], Baghdâd.)
[144] Written by Fayzullah Efendi 'rahmatullâhi ta'âlâ 'alaih', (martyred in Edirne in 1115 [1703 A.D.],) forty-sixth Ottoman Shaikh-ul-Islâm.
[145] That book, also known with the title Zâd-ul-musâfir, was written by 'Âlim bin 'Alâ'rahmatullâhi ta'âlâ 'alaih', (d. 688 [1289 A.D.].).
[146] Fatâwâ-i-Sirâjiyya.
[147] Written by Yûsuf bin Ahmad Sijstânî 'rahmatullâhi ta'âlâ 'alaih', (638 [1240 A.D.], Sivas.)
[148] Written by Mukhtâr bin Mahmûd Zâhidî 'rahmatullâhi ta'âlâ 'alaih (d. 658 [1259 A.D.].)
[149] Âyat means verse of the Qur'ân. Some âyats were changed by othr âyats that were revealed later. Such changed âyats are called Mansûkh. Those âyats that changed them are called Nâsikh.
[150] This book, and also its commentary entitled Imdâd-ul-Fettâh, or Merâq-il-felâh, were written by the scholar of Fiqh in the Hanafî Madhhab Abul-Ikhlâs Hasan bin Ammar Shernblâlî 'rahmatullâhi ta'âlâ 'alaih', (994-1069 [1658 A.D.], Egypt.) Ahmad bin Muhammad Ismâ'îl Tahtâwî 'rahmatullâhi ta'âlâ 'alaih', (d. 1231 [1815 A.D.],) wrote an annotation to the commentary Imdâd-ul-Fettâh.