Islam and Christianity by Huseyin Hilmi Isik - HTML preview

FOOTNOTES (111-122)

[111] The names Ahmad and Muhammad have the same meaning.

[112] Please see our book Why Did They Become Muslims, available from Hakîkat Kitâbevi, Fâtih, Ist., Turkey.

[113] Hârûn Rashîd passed away in Tus in 193 (809 A.D.)

[114] Ibni Khaldun passed away in 808 (1406 A.D.)

[115] Celâleddîn-i Rûmî passed away in Konya in 672 (1273 A.D.)

[116] Sayyid Sherîf passed away in Shirâz in 816 (1413 A.D.)

[117] Ismail Hakkı passed away in 1137 (1725 A.D.)

[118] A wicked being which Allâhu ta’âlâ created in the human nature. It always tries to induce man to disobey Allâhu ta’âlâ’s commandments. It is the only creature all whose wishes are against itself. Islamic scholars say that it is the most stupid creature. Please see Endless Bliss, I-36.

[119] A general term for an âyat (verse) or a hadîth (tradition)

[120] Ability to understand the symbolic, hidden meanings in the Qur’ân al-kerîm. Conclusions reached and rules established thereby.

[121] Please see Endless Bliss, V, 1, for zakât.

[122] Knowledge that is acquired not for the purpose of practising it with ikhlâs, will not be beneficial. Please see the 366th and 367th pages of the first volume of Hadîqa, and also the 36th and the 40th and the 59th letters in the first volume of Maktûbât. (The English versions of these letters exist in the 16th and the 25th and the 28th chapters, respectively, of the second fascicle of Endless Bliss).