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BaRaSKINoun

De l'année, année. S'emploie pour l'âge.

Heritage Dictionary of Ismailism, entry #475general BariEncyclopedia Topic

Small door, window

Various Sources BarnuEncyclopedia Topic

Door

Various Sources BaroEncyclopedia Topic

Cluster, bunch, bundle, garden, orchard

Various Sources BARZAKHEncyclopedia Topic

The state between death and resurrection is called barzakh, which literally means a thing that intervenes between two things, isthmus or an obstacle or a hindrance. A. Jeffery suggests that it is a loan word of Persian, farsakh or parasang means a measure of land that fits the description of a physical barrier. The word barzakh occurs thrice in the Koran (23:100, 25:53, 55:20). It is used (25:53 and 55:20) in the sense, where a barrier between two seas is spoken of as barzakh. As signifying the state between death and resurrection, it occurs in the following verses: "Until when death overtakes one of them, he says: Send me back, my Lord, send me back, haply I may do good in what I have left. By no means! It is a mere word that he speaks, and before them is barzakh until the day when they are raised" (23:99-100).

This invervening state is also known by the name of qabr, which means grave, but has also been used in the wider sense of the state which follows death. Thus, the three states, death, the grave and resurrection, are spoken of, where the grave undoubtedly stands for barzakh: "Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave (aqbara-hu); then when He pleases, He will rise him to life again" (80:21-22). And the raising to life on the day of resurrection is spoken of as the raising of those who are in their graves, as in 100:9 and 22:7, where all people are meant, whether actually buried or not. The state of qabr is therefore the same state as that of barzakh, the state in which every soul is placed after death, and before the resurrection. Mujahid (d. 104/722) in his Tafsir (Cairo, 1989, p. 488) also describes the barzakh as "the grave that separates us from the hereafter." William C. Chittick also writes in Imaginal Worlds (London, 2001, p. 98) that, "Typically, the barzakh is identified with what the Prophet most often called the "grave" where all sorts of events take place after death and before the resurrection."

Encyclopaedia of Ismailism by Mumtaz Ali Tajddingeneral BasEncyclopedia Topic

Smell, fragrance, aroma

Various Sources BasantEncyclopedia Topic

Spring

Various Sources BasatEncyclopedia Topic

Dwells, lives, resides

Various Sources BatEncyclopedia Topic

Way, path, road

Various Sources BatanEncyclopedia Topic

Things, matters

Various Sources BatavEncyclopedia Topic

Show, display

Various Sources Batavi / VataviEncyclopedia Topic

Showed, indicated, directed

Various Sources Bath bharavsheEncyclopedia Topic

Will be forced to e1nbrace, will make to embrace

Various Sources BatiEncyclopedia Topic

Wick, cotton wick

Various Sources BATINNoun

Le caché, l'ésotérique. Batin al-Batin: est le niveau ultime de l'Essence Divine. Batinites*

Heritage Dictionary of Ismailism, entry #24general BATINITEName

(Arabic) batin = estoeric. Name given to the Ismailis, those who believe in the esoteric.

(Arabe:) batin = ésotérique. Nom donné aux Ismaéliens, ceux qui croient en l'ésotérique.

Heritage Dictionary of ismailism, entry #25general BatiyanEncyclopedia Topic

Talks, conversations

Various Sources BatrisEncyclopedia Topic

Thirty two (32)

Various Sources BauterEncyclopedia Topic

Seventy two (72)

Various Sources Bauter kothaEncyclopedia Topic

Whole body

Various Sources BavaEncyclopedia Topic

Brother, used to address someone, also used for a respected person, man

Various Sources BavanEncyclopedia Topic

Fifty two (52)

Various Sources BavdiEncyclopedia Topic

Hand, arm

Various Sources BavdinEncyclopedia Topic

Bahauddin Zakariya

Various Sources Bavra (Bavla)Encyclopedia Topic

Mad, crazy, deranged, demented, insane

Various Sources BavreEncyclopedia Topic

Crazy, mad

Various Sources BavriEncyclopedia Topic

Mad woman, crazy

Various Sources BAWANoun

Turc = Baba - prêcheur, Dai*, vulgarisation indienne en Bawa.

Heritage Dictionary of Ismailism, entry #26general BAYNoun

Dame. V. BaHEN

Heritage Dictionary of Ismailism, entry #476general BayanEncyclopedia Topic

Tongue

Various Sources BAYATNoun

(Arabe:) Bayah = vendre ou acheter. Serment d'allégeance par lequel on devient Ismaélien. V. Kangwo. KIM I/141, 173, 176. Coran 40:51-55.

Heritage Dictionary of Ismailism, entry #420general BaYaTNoun

(Arabe: Baya), Allégeance, V. Du'a "yu bayu nalla", main. Kangwo*, Aan*

Heritage Dictionary of Ismailism, entry #8general BaziEncyclopedia Topic

Fraud, deceit

Various Sources BeEncyclopedia Topic

Two (2), both

Various Sources BENoun

Deux.

Heritage Dictionary of Ismailism, entry #477general Be charEncyclopedia Topic

Few

Various Sources Be parEncyclopedia Topic

On both sides, in both directions

Various Sources Be pirunEncyclopedia Topic

Without a master, a person with two masters

Various Sources BedaEncyclopedia Topic

Boat

Various Sources Bedi / BediyaEncyclopedia Topic

Boat

Various Sources BedieEncyclopedia Topic

In the boat

Various Sources BediyanEncyclopedia Topic

Boats

Various Sources BedlaEncyclopedia Topic

Boat, raft

Various Sources BedliEncyclopedia Topic

Boat

Various Sources BEEJEncyclopedia Topic

Beej is one of the most important rites in the Indian tradition of the Ismailis.The Hindi word beej means crescent. When the new moon falls on Friday, the Ismailis keep a fast

Encyclopaedia of Ismailism by Mumtaz Ali Tajddingeneral BEFaRMANINoun

Rebelle, opposant au Farman*. Nafarmani: qui n'observe pas les Farmans

Heritage Dictionary of Ismailism, entry #478general BEGLARBEGIEncyclopedia Topic

"The title beglarbegi means "Governor General", a term derived from Turkish beylerbeyi means chief of the chief. In Iran, the Beglarbegi governed three sub-ordinate governors of a province, including deputy governor and lesser officials. Karim Khan Zand (d. 1193/1779) had a friendly relation with Imam Abul Hasan Ali and his brother Pir Mirza Muhammad Bakir. Later on, Karim Khan Zand appointed the Imam as the Beglarbegi of Kirman in 1170/1756. According to The Cambridge History of Iran (London, 1991, 7:85), "Eventually, Karim Khan appointed as beglerbegi an Ismaili Sayyid, Abul Hasan Ali Shah Mahallati, well respected locally for piety and generosity. His moral authority overrode the petty squabbles of the regional military governors, and his ample private income precluded any necessity for extortion or peculation."

Encyclopaedia of Ismailism by Mumtaz Ali Tajddingeneral BehaveEncyclopedia Topic

Passes

Various Sources BehdiEncyclopedia Topic

Boat, companion

Various Sources BehnaEncyclopedia Topic

Sister

Various Sources
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