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Taba'een

Followers of the Sahabah

Tafsir تفسير

Exegesis, particularly such commentary on the Qur'aan

Taghut

Impurity; anything worshipped other than Allah, i.e. all the false deities.

Tahajjud

Optional, late night prayer

Taharah طهرة

Purification from ritual impurities by means of wudu or ghusl.

Tajwid تجويد

A special manner of reciting the Qur'aan according to prescribed rules of pronunciation and intonation.

Taqlid تقليد

1. Imam Abu Hnifah (Noman bin Thabit).
2. Imam Shafi (Muhammad bin Idris)
3. Imam Anas bin Malik
4. Imam Ahmed bin Hambal
5. Shia'at - Imam Jafir Sadiqe

Taqwa تقوة

God fearing men of Allah سبحانه التعالئ, obedient.

Tarawih تراويح

Tarawih prayers are extra prayers in Ramadan after the Isha prayer with 20 Rakat (units).

Tarkib تَرْكِيب

The study of Arabic grammar issued from the Qur'aan.

Tariqa طريقة

A Muslim religious order, particularly a Sufi order.

Tartil ترتيل

Slow and measured (meditative) recitation of the Qur'aan.

Tashkil تشكيل

Vocalization of a text, for example the Qur'aan

Tawbah توبة

Repentance

Tasawwuf التصوّف

Sufism

Tawaf تواف

Circumambulating the Ka'bah during Hajj.

Tawheed (توحيد)

Monotheism. First Pillar of Islam.