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OchhoEncyclopedia Topic

Less

Various Sources OchhuEncyclopedia Topic

Less

Various Sources OchintaEncyclopedia Topic

Suddenly

Various Sources OchintiEncyclopedia Topic

Suddenly, all of a sudden, out of the blue

Various Sources OchintoEncyclopedia Topic

Suddenly

Various Sources OchreEncyclopedia Topic

Speaks, reads

Various Sources OdEncyclopedia Topic

Turn around

Various Sources OdharEncyclopedia Topic

Savior

Various Sources OdharEncyclopedia Topic

Salvation

Various Sources OdharaEncyclopedia Topic

Saved, deliverance

Various Sources OdhariEncyclopedia Topic

Saved, those who attained salvation

Various Sources OdhariyaEncyclopedia Topic

Saved, attained salvation

Various Sources OdhariyaEncyclopedia Topic

Achieved salvation

Various Sources OdhariyaEncyclopedia Topic

Saved

Various Sources OdharseEncyclopedia Topic

Will be saved, will attain salvation

Various Sources OdhayoEncyclopedia Topic

Cover, dress, wear

Various Sources OjagoEncyclopedia Topic

To keep vigil, to stay awake

Various Sources OlaEncyclopedia Topic

Those

Various Sources OlaEncyclopedia Topic

That

Various Sources OlakhEncyclopedia Topic

Recognition, identity, acquaintance

Various Sources OlakhiyaEncyclopedia Topic

Recognized, known

Various Sources OlkhaeEncyclopedia Topic

Is recognized, is known

Various Sources OlkhanEncyclopedia Topic

Recognition, idenlification

Various Sources OlkheEncyclopedia Topic

Recognize, know

Various Sources OlkhiyaEncyclopedia Topic

Recognized

Various Sources OlkhoEncyclopedia Topic

Recognize, know

Various Sources OltaEncyclopedia Topic

Remained set

Various Sources OnjiEncyclopedia Topic

Difficult

Various Sources OphrateEncyclopedia Topic

Swift and violent

Various Sources OrarEncyclopedia Topic

The other side

Various Sources Orar na parEncyclopedia Topic

Neither this side nor the other side

Various Sources Order Founder RegionEncyclopedia Topic

Mushariyya Sufyan al-Thawri (d. 778) theoretical

Malamatiyya Abu Yazid al-Bistami (d. 874) theoretical

Kharraziyya Abu Sa'id al-Kharraz (d. 890) theoretical

Junaydiyya Junayd al-Baghdadi (d. 910) theoretical

Hallajiyya Mansur al-Hallaj (d. 972) theoretical

Hafifiyya Ibn al-Khafif (d. 982) theoretical

Qushayriyya Abul Kassim al-Qushayri (d. 1074) theoretical

Qadiriyya Abdul Qadir Jilani (d. 1166) all regions

Jahriyya Ahmad al-Yasawi (d. 1167) theoretical

Rifa'iyya Ahmad al-Rifa'i (d. 1182) Turkey, Egypt

Madyaniyya Abu Madyan (d. 1197) North Africa

Kubrawiyya Najm al-Din Kubra (d. 1221) Central Asia, Iran

Suhrawardiyya Abu Hafs al-Suhrawardi (d. 1234) Iran, India

Chishtiyya Muinuddin Chishti (d. 1236) India

Hatimiyya Ibn Arabi (d. 1238) theoretical

Shadhiliyya Abul Hasan al-Shadhili (d. 1258) North Africa

Ahmadiyya Ahmad al-Badawi (d. 1276) Egypt

Nurriya Nur al-Din Isfara'ini (d. 1317) Iran

Rukniyya Ala'al-Dawla Simanani (d. 1336) Central Asia

Wafa'iyya Muhammad Wafa (d. 1358) Egypt, Syria

Hamadaniyya Ali Hamadani (d. 1384) Kashmir

Naqshbandiyya Baha'al-Din Naqshbandi (d. 1389) Central Asia, India

Khalwatiyya Umar al-Khalwati (d. 1397) Egypt, Turkey

Ishqiyya Abu Yazid al-Ishqi (14th cen.) Turkey, Iran

Madariyya Badi al-Din Shah Madar (d. 1437) India

Shattariyya Abdullah Shattari (d. 1438) India, Indonesia

Jazuliyya Muhammad al-Jazuli (d. 1465) North Africa

Zarruqiyya Ahmad al-Zarruq (d. 1494) North Africa

Bakriyya Abu Bakr al-Wafa'i (d. 1496) North Africa

Ghawthiyya Muhammad Ghawth (d. 1563) India

Aydarusiyya Abu Bakr al-Aydarus (d. 1509) Yamen, India

Khawatiriyya Ali ibn Maymun al-Idrisi (d. 1511) North Africa

Qalandariyya Jamaluddin Savi (d. 1233) theoretical

Suhayliyya Muhammad al-Suhayli (d. 16th cen.) Arabia

Urabiyya Umar ibn Muhammad al-Urabi (d. 16th cen.) Yamen

Encyclopaedia of Ismailism by Mumtaz Ali Tajddingeneral Origin of Chhanta in Ismaili <i>tariqah</i>Encyclopedia Topic

The Koran says: "(Receive) the baptism (sibghah) of God, for who is better than God to baptize (sibghatan)?" (2:138).

The word sibghah is derived from the Syriac word sba, meaning dyeing or colouring, and also dipping or immersing in water, hence sibghah indicates baptism, which the Christians effect by immersing in water. Wahidi relates from Ibn Abbas that, "When a child is born to Christians, after the seventh day they immerse him (sabghuhu) in a kind of water in order to purify him" (Asbab Nuzul al-Koran, Cairo, 1969, p. 38).

According to Tabari, the Jews and Christians once said to the Prophet and his faithful Companions, "Embrace Judaism or Christianity, so that you may be guided aright." In the meantime, God instructed to His Prophet to say to them, "O Jews and Christians, rather follow the path of Abraham, the sibghah of God, which is the best sibghah, for it is the pure faith of Islam" (Jami al-Bayan, Cairo, 1954, 3:118). Thus, Tabari translates the above Koranic verse, taking sibghah as a synonym for the religion that, "Follow the religion of God, which is the best religion." Tabarsi relates from Imam Jafar Sadik that, "The sibghah of God is Islam." According to Hasan al-Basri, Qatadah and Mujahid, it is the religion of God (Majma al-Bayan, Beirut, 1961, 1:492). Abu Hayyan writes in Bahr al-Muhit that, "The Divine baptism indicates the religion of God or the nature according to which God has created man."

It implies that the description of the sibghah in the Koran has nothing to do with that of the practice of baptism in Christianity. W. Montgomery Watt writes in his Companions to the Quran (London, 1967) that, "It is doubtful if there is any reference to Christian baptism (in the Koranic verse)."

Qurtubi adds another significance of the word sibghah: "It is said that sibghah is a (ritualistic) bath for one who wishes to enter into Islam. Instead of baptism of the Christianity, I say that according to this tawil, the bath is mandatory for a rejecter of faith as an act of worship. This is because the meaning of sibghah of God is the bath of God. This is as if to say,

Encyclopaedia of Ismailism by Mumtaz Ali Tajddingeneral OsasaEncyclopedia Topic

Sighs

Various Sources OSIKANoun

Oreiller. g. 49:10

Heritage Dictionary of Ismailism, entry #718general Osiyari / OshiyaduEncyclopedia Topic

Humble, weak, ashamed; poverty, hardship

Various Sources Osri gayaEncyclopedia Topic

Left, abandoned, gave up, separated

Various Sources OsroEncyclopedia Topic

Leave, move back, give up, abandon

Various Sources OtadiyaEncyclopedia Topic

Went astray

Various Sources OtadiyaEncyclopedia Topic

Went astray, strayed

Various Sources OTCHaRENoun

Parler, prononcer, réciter.

Heritage Dictionary of Ismailism, entry #438general OUBHANoun

Debout.

Heritage Dictionary of Ismailism, entry #846general OUDRBHOUDH KHanRNoun

4e étape d'évolution: multiplication vivipare - (dans le ventre de la mère), animaux et humains.

Heritage Dictionary of Ismailism, entry #898general OUMaRNoun

Age.

Heritage Dictionary of Ismailism, entry #719general OUMAWOUnNoun

Prier, supplier. "OUMAYA" au passé. "Hamé oumaya né kayyam paya"

Heritage Dictionary of Ismailism, entry #847general OUMAYONoun

g. 426, g. 264

Heritage Dictionary of Ismailism, entry #981general OUNIYARI.Noun

(Sanscrit: "OUNA" = Déficient), rempli de péchés. g. "Ouniya bhi ouniya.."

Heritage Dictionary of Ismailism, entry #975general OUTaRNoun

Nord. V. Disha.

Heritage Dictionary of Ismailism, entry #913general OUTHONoun

Debout, levez-vous.

Heritage Dictionary of Ismailism, entry #720general PacchliEncyclopedia Topic

Remaining, in the early morning

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