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- Ta'alaa (تعالى)
- Almighty
- Taba'īn (تابعون|تابعين)
- followers of the Sahabah
- Tafsīr (تفسير)
- exegesis, particularly such commentary on the Qur'an
- Taghut (طاغوت) (taghout)
- originally Aramaic, meaning "false god"; also tyranny.
- Tahajjud (تهجُّد)
- optional (supererogatory), late-night (pre-dawn) prayer
- Taharah (طهارة)
- purification from ritual impurities by means of wudu or ghusl
- Tahir (طاهر)
- pure, ritually clean
- Tahlil
- Uttering the formula of faith: "La ilaha illa Allah", i.e. (No god but Allah)
- Tahnik
- 'Tahnik' is an Islamic ceremony of touching the lips of a newborn baby with honey, sweet juice or pressed dates.
- Taḥrīf (تحريف)
- corruption, forgery. Muslims believe the Bible Scriptures were corrupted but the Qur'an is in its original form.
- Tajdīd (تجديد)
- to purify and reform society in order to move it toward greater equity and justice, literally meaning to make new in present tense
- Tajdif (تجديف)
- blasphemy
- Tajwīd (تجويد)
- a special manner of reciting the Qur'an according to prescribed rules of pronunciation and intonation.
- Takaful ( التكتاقل)
- Based on sharia Islamic law, it is a form of mutual insurance. See retakaful.
- Takbīr (تكبير)
- a proclamation of the greatness of Allah; a Muslim invocation.
- Takfir (تكفير)
- declaration of individual or group of previously considered Muslim as kaffir.
- Tamaninat (طمأنينة)
- to be motionless
- Takhrīj (تخريج الحديث )
- The science of hadith extraction and authentication, including validation of chains of transmitters of a hadith by this science's scholars and grading hadith validity.
- Talaq (الطلاق)
- divorce
- Taqdir
- fate, predestination
- Taqlīd (تقليد)
- to follow the scholarly opinion of one of the four Imams of Islamic Jurispudence.
- Taqiyya (تقيّة)
- a principle that one is allowed to hide his true beliefs in certain circumstances to save himself of being killed or harmed.
- Taqwa (تقوى)
- righteousness; goodness; Piety: Taqwa is taken from the verbe Ittaqua, which means Avoiding, Fearing the punishment from Allah for committing sins. It is piety obtained by fearing the punishment of Allah.
- Tarawih (تراويح)
- extra prayers in Ramadan after the Isha prayer.
- Tarkīb (تَرْكِيب)
- the study of Arabic grammar issued from the Qur'an
- Ṭarīqah (طريقة)
- a Muslim religious order, particularly a Sufi order
- Tartīl (ترتيل)
- slow, meditative recitation of the Qur'an
- Tasawwuf (التصوّف) or Sufism
- Tasbih
- Uttering the formula: "Subhan Allah", i.e. (Glory be to Allah)
- Tashkīl (تشكيل)
- vocalization of Arabic text by means of diacritical marks. An integral part of the Arabic writing system. Literally meaning to form or arrange
- Taslim (تسليم)
- salutation at the end of prayer
- Tatbeer
- Shia Ashura ceremony of self-flagellation by hitting head with sword. (See zinjeer)
- Tawakkul (توکل)
- total reliance on Allah.
- Tawassul (توسُّل)
- asking Allah Almighty through the medium and intercession of another person.
- Tawaf (طواف)
- circumambulating the Ka'bah during Hajj.
- Tawbah (توبه)
- repentance
- Tawhīd (توحيد)
- monotheism; affirmation of the Oneness of Allah. Muslims regard this as the first part of the Pillar of Islam, the second part is accepting Muhammad as rasoul (messenger). The opposite of Tawheed is shirk
- Tawrat (توراة)
- the Torah as revealed to Musa (Moses.)
- Tayyib (طيِّب)
- all that is good as regards things, deeds, beliefs, persons, foods, etc. Means "pure." The Shahaddath is tayyib.
- Ta'zeer (تعزير)
- Discretionary punishment - a sentence or punishment whose measure is not fixed by the Shari'ah. (See hudud, qisas)
- Tazkiyah (تزكية)
- Purification of the Soul.
- Thawab (ثواب)
- Reward for good deeds that is tallied on qiyamah (judgment day.) Opposite of ithim.
- Tilawa (تلاوة)
- ritual recitation of passages of the Qur'an.
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