ahl = 1: people; 2: qualified adherents or practicioners 
`aql = intellect, reason 
`amal = deed 
asl = see usul 
bab = chapter 
Banu Adam = human beings 
dabit = see dawabit 
darura = necessity 
dawabit = pl. of dabit = standard or pricipal rule 
Doctor Angelicus = Angel-like scholar or Scholar of the angels, a title given to Thomas Aquinas, the great theologian of the Western Church. 
da`i = summoner 
dunya = this world 
fa'ida = benefit 
Faqih = see Fiqh 
fard `ayn = personal categorical obligation 
far`i = adj. from far`, see furu` 
fiqh = Islamic jurisprudence, the expertise of the Faqih 
fitna = strife, temptation, seduction, delusion, chaos, trial and tribulation 
fitra = sane mind and soul, primordial disposition 
Fuqaha' = pl. of Faqih (q.v.) 
furu` = pl. of far`, 1: branches (of the Law), secondary legal texts; 2: corollaries 
hadith = saying of the Prophet Muhammad, upon him blessings and peace 
halal = lawful, permitted 
haram = categorically prohibited, unlawful 
hukm shar`i = legal status 
Iblis = Satan 
Ihsan = Excellence, the pinnacle of religious practice 
Ijma` = Consensus 
insaf = fairness 
Jama`a = congregation (of the Muslims) 
Jamal al-Shuhada' = Beauty of Martyrs, the title of the murdered vizier Nizam al-Mulk 
Jihad = military or moral struggle by the Mujahid 
khilaf = (juridical) disagreement 
khilafiyya = fem. adjective from khilaf= having to do with (juridical) disagreement 
madhhab = school of law 
makruh = detestable, abhorrent, abominable, disliked, legally offensive 
maqasid = pl. of maqsad, objective 
maqsad = see maqasid 
masa'il = pl. of mas'ala = question 
mas'ala = see masa'il 
maslaha = welfare 
mubah = indifferently permissible 
mufassir = exegete 
mufti = one who formulates fatwas or formal legal responses 
mujahid = one who does jihad (q.v.) 
mukallaf = legally-responsible Muslim 
musharaka = mutual or reciprocal matter 
nafs = ego, self 
nasiha = faithful, sincere advice 
qadaya = pl. of qadiyya = issue 
qadi = judge in an Islamic court of law 
qatil nafsahu = self-killer, suicide 
qawl = saying, position 
qital = warfare, battle 
sabab al-wujud = raison d'etre 
sabr = patient endurance and fortitude 
shahid, pl. suhada' = self-sacrificing believer who dies for the sake of God alone, "martyr" 
shar`i = adj. legitimate in the eyes of the Shari`a (Islamic Law), lawful 
siyar = military expeditions 
sunna = way, path 
tafakkur = reflexion 
tafsil = detailed discussion 
tahluka = self-destruction 
thaghrir bi l-nafs = risking one's life 
tawakkul = God-reliance 
thawabit = pl. of thabit = axiom 
Umma = Community (of the Prophet Muhammad ) 
usul = pl. of asl = foundational principle. Adj. usuli 
wahm = imaginative faculty 
wasa'il = pl. of wasila, means 
wasila = see wasa'il