Aalam: world, realm, universe, cosmos, creation

Aarif (Aarifiin): knowing, learned, acquainted with, aware of, cognizant of, familiar with, informed about, versed in, conversant with, on top of, connoisseur, expert, authority

Aayah: sign, mark, token, indication, miracle, wonder, marvel, prodigy, example, lesson, warning, exemplary, example, pattern, paragon, paradigm, masterpiece, verse, Quranic verse

Abdud-Dirham and Abdud-Diinaar: slave of money or wealth

Absolute: complete, utter, perfect, unconditional, unlimited, ruling with unrestricted power, universally valid, not admitting exceptions, not relative or comparative, independent, Ultimate Reality - God

Adl (Adaalat): Justice: Its derivatives and connotations include following meanings : act justly, establish justice, be just, be fair, be equitable, give a just judgment, adjust, regulate , settle, straighten (out), fix, put in order, right, rectify, set right, put right

Aesthetic: Concerned with beauty or appreciation of beauty, sensitive to beauty, in accordance with the principles of good taste, philosophy of the beautiful specially in art.

Agnostic: a person who believes that nothing is known or can be known, of the existence or nature of God or of anything beyond material phenomena

AIDS: acquired immune deficiency syndrome, an often fatal syndrome caused by a virus transmitted in the blood, marked by severe loss of resistance to infection.

Alaq: Derivatives and connotations of the root word include following meanings:
Leech, blood clot, to get caught in, catch in, get stuck in, conceive, become pregnant, hang (down), suspend, dangle, let hang, sling, latch to, fasten to, tie to, affix to, fix to, make conditional on, contingent on, dependent on, set (pin, attach, hang, base, ground) one’s hopes on, count on, rely on

Algorithm: Mathematics: A process or set of rules used for calculation or problem-solving , specially with a computer. The Arabic or decimal notation of numbers.

Alqaa: Derivatives and connotations of the root word include following meanings : to throw, cast, fling, hurl, drop, throw down, jettison, recite, say, make or deliver ( a statement, declaration, announcement, communiqué, bulletin, address, lecture or speech), greet, salute, put (lay, bring up, submit pose, ask a question), lend or give an ear, listen, hearken, pay attention, highlight, shed or throw light upon, spotlight, limelight, illuminate, impose or lay something on , burden or saddle or charge with, hold responsible for, impute to, fasten on, bomb, bombard, shell, inform of or about, tell about, let know about, bring to some one’s knowledge or notice, notify of, advise of, apprise of, report to, dictate (to), delivery, diction, elocution.
A'maal Saalih (Righteous Deeds )

Amaanat: Derivatives and connotations of the root word include following meanings: trustworthiness, dependability, fidelity, fealty, loyalty, reliability, honesty, integrity, probity, uprightness, confidence, deposit, charge, consignment, trusteeship, guardianship, custody, care, protection, superintendence, supervision

Amino-Acids: Biochemistry: any of a group of organic compounds containing both the carboxyl (COOH) and amino (NH2) group, occurring naturally in plant and animal tissues and forming the basic constituents of proteins.

Amr: Derivatives and connotations of the root word include following meanings : order, command, instruction, directive, direction, dictate, imperative, mandate, behest, bidding, injunction, power, authority, warrant, writ, authorization, decree, edict, ordinance, act, matter, affair, concern, business, question, issue, problem, case, condition, state, situation, position, thing, something, imperative, delivery order, search warrant, writ of execution, subpoena, summons, judicial writ, fait accompli, accomplished fact
Animatism - the belief that life, power and feeling are all-pervading , even in the physical environment .
Animism more strictly defined has reference to belief only in personal powers.

Apocrypha: (not meant for the common man ), the books included in the Septuagint and Vulgate versions of the Old Testament but not in the Hebrew Bible. Modern Bibles sometimes include them in the Old Testament or as an appendix, and sometimes omit them, reports or writings not considered genuine [apocrypha (scripta) hidden writings], of doubtful authenticity, invented, mythical.

Apomixis: Reproduction which has superficial appearance of ordinary sexual cycle (amphimixis) but actually occurs without fertilization and /or meiosis (two successive cell divisions of special kind)

Arba'iin: Imaam Al-Ghazali’s book

Ark: Noah’s (Peace be upon him) Ark of the Deluge.

Armaic: Language of Jesus Christ (Peace be upon him)

Auspicia: Forecasts; e.g., observation of bird flight in divination.

Avesta: The sacred writings of Zoroastrianism.

Baara’a: make (creating, fashioning).

Baarii: creator ( Al-Baarii : The Creator, The Fashioner, God ).

Baatil: null, void, null and void, invalid, of no legal force, not binding, not operative, inoperative, nugatory, ineffective, abolished, cancelled, obsolete, outdated, out of use, in disuse, futile, vain, useless, unavailing, of no avail, unfruitful, fruitless, ineffective, abortive, of no effect, worthless, absurd, groundless, baseless, false, untrue, falsehood, untrue, falsity, falseness, untruth, lie, wrong, injustice, oppression , vanity, triviality, trifle.

Babylon: an ancient city and kingdom in Mesopotamia.

Bada’a: create by initiating, beginning (ex nihilo).

Baptism: the religious rite, symbolizing admission to the Christian Chirch, of sprinkling the forehead with water, or (usually with adults) by immersion, generally accompanied by name-giving.

Bar codes: a machine-readable code in the form of a pattern of stripes printed on and identifying a commodity, used especially for stock-control.

Basmallaah: reciting “Bismillaah”.

Battle of Badr: Generally this refers to the first battle of Badr fought in 2 A.H. (624 C.E.) between Muhammad (Peace be upon him) and the disbelievers of Mecca at the place called Badr. The victory of the faithful at Badr consolidated their power, and it is regarded as one of the most important events of history. The second battle of Badr 4 A.H.(626 C.E.) was a bloodless victory .

Bayaan: Expression-Articulation-Eloquence

Bhutaani: Elements

Bi-Aydin: handiwork with strength.

Big Bang: the theory that the universe began with the explosion of dense material, called ‘Singularity’. Scientists believe that the universe came into existence through the ‘Big Bang’ about 15 billion years ago. The ‘moment’ of creation is said to be an astronomical figure of 10 raise to –57th of a second (a decimal point followed by 57 zeros and one part of a second. This followed matter and energy being released into space, creating cosmic gases, solidifying matter and forming stars, gas clouds, cosmic dust and finally the galaxies. The Big Bang was so huge that galaxies continue to form, running away from each other, expanding the universe at an extremely tremendous speed.

Big Crunch: the theory that all matter will again collapse to form the dense material.

Big Explosion: the Big Bang.

Birr: Kindness.

B-mail: Brain-mail
Brahma , A day of : 2 Kalpas
Brahma, Life Cycle of Brahma: 100 years of Brahma or 311 trillion years!

Brahmans: Brahmins: the most elevated of the four Varnas or Hindu social classes. The traditional occupations of the Brahmans are transmission of the Sanskritic sacred traditions (Veda) , and the performance of priestly sacrificial rituals.

Brahmanas: Ancient Hindu texts, written in Sanskrit, setting out the rationale and principles of the Brahman’s sacrificial system. They are latter than the hymns in the Veda and are composed in the form of commentary on them.

Brahma-Sutra: The fundamental text of the systematic Vedanta (one of the six orthodox Darshanas or salvation-philosophies of classical Hinduism), probably dating from about the 1st century C.E.

Brahman: in Hindu thought Brahman (neuter gender) is the abstract , impersonal Absolute . The Absolute is said to be Nirguna (beyond quality), pure, eternal. When characterized with qualities, the ‘qualified brahman’ (Saguna Brahman) becomes the immanent cause of the universe.

Brain Chip: Silicon Chip

Chemosphere: the atmospheric layers between 20 and 200 kms.

Chemosynthesis: the synthesis of organic compounds by energy derived from chemical reactions.

Chinvat Peretu: bridge of the gatherer

Chip: microchip: a small piece of semi-conductor (usually silicon) used to carry electronic circuits.

Dahr:Time

Darwinism: Darwin’s theory of evolution of species by the action of natural selection.

Da'waah: the Call
De-Individuation - a psychological state of ‘diminished identity and self-awareness'.

Deism: belief in the existence of a supreme being arising from reason rather than revelation.
Democratization: make a state institution etc. democratic.

DNA ( Dioxyribonuclic acid ): consists of four different sugars called nucleotides. The self replicating material in nearly all organisms, specially as a constituent of chromosomes, which is the carrier of genetic information.
DNA builds RNA ( Ribonucleic acid ) , which is its nearly identical twin and active counterpart. RNA is like active knowledge, in comparison to DNA’s silent intelligence. DNA works from ‘ memory’

DUAA: Supplication

Dulia: (Worship due to the saints), reverence accorded to saints and angels.

Empiricism: relying solely on experiment.

Emulate: try to equal or excel, imitate zealously.

Energy: force, vigour, capacity for activity, individual powers in use, in physics the capacity of matter or radiation to do work, the means of doing work by utilizing matter or radiation.

Epicureanism: the doctrine of the Greek philosopher Epicurus (d. 270 BC) who taught that the highest good is personal happiness.

Equilibrium: a state of physical balance, a state of mental or emotional equanimity, a state in which the energy in a system is evenly distributed and forces, influences, etc balance each other.

Eschatology: the part of theology concerned with death and final destiny.

Eucharist: the Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Super, in which bread and wine are consecrated and consumed; the consecrated elements, specially the bread.

Exosphere: the layer of atmosphere furtherest from the earth.

Falaah: success, prosperity.

Falsafaah: Islamic Philosophy

Fatara: to create, make, originate, bring into being (without a model)

Faylasuuf: Philosopher

Fideism: ( Fide )the doctrine that all or some knowledge depends on faith or revelation.

Fitnaah: trial, ordeal, affliction, distress, sedition, riot, disturbance, trouble, unrest, disorder, strife, tumult, commotion, turmoil, seduction, seducement, temptation, enticement, appeal, attraction, charm, glamour, magic, spell, charisma, enchantment, fascination, captivation, bewitchment, infatuation..

Fitrah: nature, (natural) disposition, (innate) character, moral constitution, temper, instinct, primitiveness, creation , origination , by nature, by birth, innately, congenitally, connately.

Frashokereti: (‘Frashegird' in Pahlavi language), means ‘ making wonderful ' or renovation of creation at the end of the historical process of the world

Fuaad: Enlightened Heart, Mind

Functionalism: belief in or stress on the practical application of a thing.

Gamete: (Germ-Cell): Reproductive cell whose nucleus and often cytoplasm fuses with that of another gamete (constituting fertilization), the resulting cell (zygote) developing into a new individual.

Gehenna: (hell) is for the sinners

Ghayb: the invisible, that which is hidden or unseen, the supernatural, that which is metaphysical or transcendental, (divine) secret. (‘Ghayban’ : by heart)

Gnosticism: belief about esoteric mystical knowledge

Hacker: one who uses computer to gain unauthorized access to data

Hades: in Greek mythology the underworld, the abode of the spirits of the dead

Haemochromatosis: a blood disorder

Haqq: truth, reality, correctness, rightness, certainty, certitude, true, real, authentic, genuine, right, correct, just, fair, sound, valid, right, title, claim, property, rightful possession, one’s due, law, ( ‘Al-Haqq’ : One of the Attributes of Allah).

Hellenism: Greek character or culture (specially of ancient Greece), the study or imitation of Greek culture

Hidaayah (Hidaayat): ( invest with appropriate instincts, senses, etc - guidance)

Hikmah: wisdom, sapience, sageness, sagacity, judiciousness, prudence, foresight, insight.

Hippocampus of the brain: the ‘memory centre', where the ‘storage' of memories is coordinated.

Hittatun: lowness, forgiveness, amnesty

Hominid: ( Homo : Man ): man-like fossils; any member of the primate family Hominidae, including humans and their fossil ancesters.

Homo erectus: homo erectus means ‘upright man’. All the fossils included in this species belong to particular human races.

Huda: guidance, guiding, direction, directing, leading, showing the way (to), conducting, piloting, ushering, line (of conduct), course, way, method, manner, mode, fashion.

Humanist: an adherent of ‘humanism’ (an out look or system of thought concerned with human rather than divine or supernatural matters, a belief or outlook emphasizing common needs and seeking solely rational ways of solving human problems, and concerned with mankind as responsible and progressive intellectual beings.

Hypudulia: ( Worship considered due to the Virgin Mary)

Ibaadah: worship, adoration, cult, devotion(s).

Ihsaan: charity, beneficence, benefaction, benevolence, philanthropy, dole, almsgiving, performance of good deeds, favour, kindness, good turn, kind act

Ilhaam: (impulse):inspiration, revelation, afflatus

Ilm: science, knowledge, learning, lore, information, scholarship, education, cognizance, awareness, acquintance, familiarity, cognition, perception

Imaam-Mubiin: original open manifest way

Ionosphere: an ionized (converted into ions)region of the atmosphere above the stratosphere, extending to about 1000 km above the earth’s surface and able to reflect radio waves for long-distance transmission round the earth.

Irshaad: guidance, guiding, direction, directing, leading, showing the way (to), conducting, piloting, ushering, instruction, advice, counsel.
Israa ' (overnight journey from Makkah to Jerusalem and to heaven)

Istaqaa: Self-sufficiency

Istawaa: RISING over The Throne

Itiqaan: mastery, command, skill, skillfulness, proficiency, adeptness, dexterity, deftness, workmanship, craftsmanship, finesse, perfection, excellence, accuracy, precision, exactness, exactitude.

Ja’ala: to make, render, cause to be or become, create, form, fashion; to put, place lay (down); to position, station; to appoint, assign, nominate; to fix, set, determine, specify; to prompt, induce, incite, move, actuate, impel, motivate.

Jades: souls

Jehovah: the Hebrew name of God in the Old Testament.

Jews: a person of Hebrew descent or whose religion is Judaism.

Jibt: idol, magician, magic

Jizyaa: Special taxes levied on the non-muslims in an Islamic state.

Ka’abaah: Baitullaah, Majid-al-Haram : muslims face towards Ka’baah to offer their prescribed prayers.

Kaala: Time

Kabalah: the Jewish mystical tradition, mystic interpretation.

Kalimah: word, letter, expression, speech, address.

Kalpa: 1000 Mahayugas

Kasab: to gain, win, profit, earn, get, obtain, acquire, attain, reap, harvest,

Khabaa-ith: (singular : Khubs : ) malice, maliciousness, malignancy, malignity, malevolence, viciousness, wickedness, evilness, badness, slyness, wiliness, foxiness, noxiousness, harmfulness, injuriousness, perniciousness, offensiveness, foulness, repulsiveness, obnoxiousness, virulence.

Khalaqa: to create, make, originate, mold, fashion, shape, form, work, produce, bring to being, engender, generate, bring about, cause, occasion, give rise to.

Kufr: unbelief, disbelief, infidelity, atheism, irreligion, ingratitude, ungratefulness, unthankfulness, thanklessness.

Lan: Local Area Networking

Laqaa: (Fa-ta-laqqaa Aadamu): meeting , encounter, get-together, gathering, assembly, coming together, reunion, interview, audience, in exchange for, in return for, against, for upon, on

Latria: worship due to God
Liber Abaci ( The Book of Calculation ) - It gave numbers to the Western world in 1202 A.C. It was written by Leonardo of Pisa, popularly known as Fibonacci ( a contraction of the latin Filius Bonacci, meaning son of Bonacci).

Ma’ruuf: known, well-known, widely known, famous, renowned, celebrated, eminent, alias, commonly called or known as , so called, favour, service, courtesy, good turn, kind act, kindness, grace, amicably, in a friendly manner, with kindness.

Maalik: owner, proprietor, proprietary, possessor, holder, landowner, landholder, landlord,

Madah: (Mad-h): praise, commendation, laudation, extolment, panegyric, eulogy, encomium, tribute, compliment.

Mahayuga: 4.32 million years or 4 Yugas;

Malaaikaa: angels

Malik: (Malak : angel) ; Malik : king , monarch, sovereign; Al-Malik : God, the One and Only.

Mana: A mysterious (spiritual) force, supernatural or magical power.

Maya: in Hinduism marvel or illusion, specially in the phenomenal universe.

Mazhab: Shariah

Millah: Millat: sect, denomination, confession, creed, faith, religion, religious community.

Mind-Body: embodiment of mental faculties.

Minhaaj: ‘Manhaj’: method, procedure, way, course, manner, approach, system, order, open (plain, clear, easy) road, program.

Mithras (Mithraism): the cult of the ancient Persian god Mithras associated with the sun.

Muawwaj: distorted, bent, crooked.

Mudabbiraati-Amran: Mudabbir: arranger, preparer, maker, author, designer, planner, plotter, schemer, projector, deviser, contriver, framer, hatcher, manager, director, administrator, handler, conductor. Amr : order, command, instruction, directive, direction, dictate, imperative, mandate, behest, bidding, injunction, power, authority, warrant, writ, authorization, decree, edict, ordinance, act; matter, affair, concern, business, question, issue, problem, case, condition, state, situation, thing, something.

Mudghatin: embryo; chew, quid, morsel, bite, bit, something chewed.

Munaafiq: hypocrite, dissembler, double-dealer, hypocritical, insincere, double-faced, two-faced, double-tongued.

Munkar: denied, disowned, disavowed, disclaimed, contradicted, disaffirmed, repudiated, abominable (objectionable, forbidden, etc., action or act) , detestable, atrocious, outrageous, shocking, flagrant, gross

Muqassimaati- Amran: Taqsiim: division, dividing, partition, parting, splitting, separation, section(ing), distribution, apportionment, allotment, portioning, dealing out, sharing out; Qasama : to divide, part, split, separate, break up, partition, section, sub-divide, distribute, deal out, parcel out, apportion, allot, give out (in shares), portion out, share out, to divide (a number by another). (Note : meanings of ‘Amr’ have already been given above.)

Muqtadir: solvent, able, well-to-do, wealthy, rich. (Qaadir : Qadiir).

Mutation: the process or an instance of change or alteration, a genetic change which, when transmitted to offspring gives rise to heritable variations.
Muttaqii is the one who is pious and fears Allah Alone. He doesn’t fear any idea, anyone or anything else.

Mysteria: Greek cults accessible only after initiation undergone by personal choice, often apparently involving closer contact with the divinity. They began as a community agrarian rites, then acquired the initiatory aspect and stereological functions, promising a blissful afterlife.

Mysticism: contemplation and self-surrender to obtain unity or identity with or absorption into the Deity or the ultimate reality; spiritual apprehension of truths that are beyond the understanding; relating to mysterious, awe-inspiring , spiritually allegorical, symbolic or hidden meaning.

Nafii: denial, disavowal, disclaimer, disproof, refutation, negation.

Nafs: soul, spirit, psyche, mind, human being, person, individual, self, being, essence, nature, the same, the very same, the very, the selfsame, the identical itself, oneself, himself.

Nafs Al-Ammaarah bi al-suu’: The Nafs impelling towards evil

Nafs Al-Lawwaamah: The changing or blaming Nafs

Nafs Al-Mutma’innah: The Nafs at peace

Natural Theology: the knowledge of God as gained by the light of natural reason.

Neuropoplites: intelligent chemicals

Neurotransmitters: intelligent chemicals

Nihilism: the rejection of all religious and moral principles, an extreme form of skepticism maintaining that nothing has a real existence.

Niyati: Fate

Nucleotides: adenine ( A ), thymine ( B ), cytocine ( C ) and guanine (G ) – ( the alphabet of life ) , interact with one another in specific ways, i.e. the nucleotides put ( written ) into in a sequence ( e.g GATCATCCG, etc ) determine how a living thing functions.

Numinous: Numina: Spirits

Nusk: asceticism, reclusion, piety, devoutness, devotion, sacrifice, offering, immolation, ceremonies.

Nutfa: sperm, semen.

Nuzuul: Descent

Orphism: oracular, mysterious; mysteries, doctrines, etc., associated with Orpheus (a legendary Greek poet and lyre-player).

Parasitism: living by exploitation of others.

Parthenogenesis: Development of ovum without fertilization into a new individual. In many animals it may be induced artificially.

Paternoster: the Lord’s Prayer.

Personal Computer (P.C.): a computer designed for use by a single individual e.g. in office or business environment.

Prodigia: "Signs received by the Romans that the normal order between gods and men (pax deorum, ‘peace of the gods’) had been disturbed. The signs took the form of events contrary to the Roman perceptions of the normal, not necessarily supernatural events by later standards. They included natural disasters, buildings struck by lightning, abnormal births, wild animals penetrating cities, the rain of blood, milk or stones, or animals speaking .[GRANT, F.C., Ancient Roman Religion, ( pages 32-34) New York, Liberal Art Press, 1957, Indianapolis, Ind., Bobbs-Merrill, 1957]. Lists survive from the republican period (509-31 B.C.E), of such prodigies, reported year by year to the authorities so that the priests could identify the god or goddess offended and recommend appropriate measures (remedia) to restore the balance. ( BLOCH, R., Les Prodiges dans l’antiquite’ classique, Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, 1963). They were no longer kept under the Empire (after 31 BCE), when prodigies ceased to be part of the state’s routine, and were attached rather to the lives of individuals or to great catastrophes.” (Pages 258, 436-437, Dictionary of Religions, John R. Hinnells).

Qaadir: able, capable, competent, powerful, having sufficient power (skill, resources, etc.).

Qadaa: to carry out, execute, effect(uate), accomplish, achieve, finalize, terminate, finish, conclude, wind up, complete, bring to an end, to do , perform, fulfilll, discharge.

Qadiir: able, capable, competent, qualified, powerful, potent, mighty; Al-Qadiir : the Omnipotent, the Almighty, the All-Powerful Allah.

Qalb: turning, turning about, turning around, turnabout, turn around, turning over, turnover, overturn(ing), tipping over, upturning, turning up(ward), turning upside down, turning inside out or outside in; heart, core, gist, pith, essence, innermost, center, middle, kernel, marrow.

Qiblaah: direction to which muslims face in prayer i.e. towards Ka’baah.

Qira'at: reading, perusal, recital, recitation.

Qist: justice, fairness, equity, quantity, amount, measure, extent, installment, share, portion, part, lot.

Quantumn leap: Quantumn jump : a sudden large increase or advance, in physics as abrupt transition in an atom or molecule from one quantumn state to another.

Radiation: emission of rays of light, heat or other electromagnetic waves, emission (of light, heat or sound) from a center, diverge or cause to diverge or spread from a center, parts radially arranged, in rays.

Radio Receiver: radio broadcasting receiver.

Rage: fierce or violent anger, a fit of this, a vehement desire or passion, a widespread temporary enthusiasm.

Rahmah: mercy, clemency, lenity, leniency, compassion, pity, sympathy, graciousness, kindness.

Raka’a: bow (down), kneel (down).

Ri-Yaa: show off
RNA ( Ribonucleic acid ) is built by DNA, which is its nearly identical twin . RNA is like active knowledge, in comparison to DNA’s silent intelligence.

Ruuh: soul, spirit, pneuma, essence, extract, extraction.

Saa-Ah: MOMENT

Sabr: patience, forbearance, long enmity, long-suffering, endurance, tolerance, toleration, perseverance, self-control.

Sadr: Prim, Chest, Breast, Thorax, Foremost or Upper part of anything

Salaam: Islamic greeting,

Salaf: ancestor(s), forefather(s), forebearer(s), grandfather(s), primogenitor(s), progenitor(s), ascendant(s). predecessor, precursor.

Salah: the liturgical form of prayer

Saprotophism: (Sapro- : rotten, putrefying)

Semitism: Semite: a member of any of the peoples supposed to be descended from Shem, son of Noah (Genesis 10-21 ff), including specially the Jews, Arabs, Assyrians, Phoenicians. Semitism : believing in or promoting their cause.

Service Provider: an internet service provider makes services available against accounts to subscribers to use for accessing the internet through dialup, cable, etc.

Shafaa'at bi-Izn: 'intercession by permission'.

Shahadah: testimony, evidence, testimonial, witness, deposition, attestation, affidavit, statement, certificate, certification, martyrdom.

Shar'a: Sharii’ah: law, code ( Ash-sharii’ah : Islamic Law).

Sheema: Biblical passages confirming the Unity of God, the complete love with which He must be served, and the acceptance of His Commandments, which are recited twice daily in the Jewish liturgy.

Shifa: recovery, recuperation, convalescence, healing, cure, remedy, medicine, medicament, medication.

Shirk: polytheism.

Shukr: thanks, thankfulness, gratitude, gratefulness, acknowledgement, appreciation.

Shuuraa: consultation, deliberation, counsel, advice, recommendation, suggestion, opinion.

Sign in: an ID ( Personal Identity) is used to access e-mail accounts, web accounts, etc. It may consist of alphanumeric characters. It is unique for every user with reference to a single web service.

SNPs: Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms - pronounced ‘ snips ’

Suluuk: behaviour, conduct, manners, demeanor, deportment, comportment, attitude.

Sunnah: rubric, norm, rule, law, custom, practice, usage, convention, tradition, mores, line of conduct, mode of life, nature. Sunnaah (of the Prophet, Peace be upon him) .

Supererogatory Prayer: ( supererogation : the performance of more than duty requires.) Prayers offered more than prescribed.

Surah: chapter of the Holy Quraan.

Suufi: mystic.

Sva-bhava: The nature of things

Taabi'in: ( singular “Taabi’i ” ) : following, succeeding, subsequent.

Tadabbur: reflection, pondering, meditation, contemplation, weighing, consideration, cogitation, speculation.

Tafakkur: thinking, cerebration, consideration, contemplation, muse, musing, speculation, thought, intellection, reasoning.

Taghuut: idol [‘Taagh-i : tyrant, oppressor, despot, autocrat, dictator, absolutist, tyrannical, oppressive, despotic, autocratic, dictatorial, absolute, totalitarian, arbitrary, highhanded, prevalent, prevailing, (pre)dominant, preponderant].

Tahadhdhub: group formation.

Takbiir: enlargement, magnification, expansion, amplification; exclaiming : God is Great

Takhliiq: ( bringing into being or existence ),

Takwiir: conglobation, conglomeration, agglomeration

Talent: a special aptitude or faculty, high mental ability.

Tamaa-Atu: greed(iness), covetousness, cupidity, avidity, avarice (positively and competitively striving with hope)

Taoism: instead of denying being and non-being, reduced everything to non-being.

Taqdiir: ( assign a specific or appropriate role or function, both internal and external ) and

Ta'-Qqul: prudence, wisdom, judiciousness, discernment, sapience, sageness, rationalness, rationality, discretion, cautiousness, carefulness,

Taqwaa: God-fearing, fear of God,, godliness, devoutness, piety, religiousness.

Tariiqat: way, method, procedure, technique, process, system, manner, mode, fashion, means, approach, order, religious brotherhood or community, creed, faith, belief, doctrine, school

Tasawwuf: sufism, mysticism

Tashaiyu: group formation

Taswiyaa: give a proper mould or set an appropriate form

Taufiiq: conciliation, reconciliation, peacemaking, restoration to friendship, reestablishment of normal relations; harmonization, bringing into agreement or harmony, attunement, tuning, matching, making compatible or consistent; adaptation, adjustment, accommodation, conformation, conformity, suiting, fitting; success, successfulness, succeeding, prosperity, good fortune, good luck

Tauheed: unification, union, uniting, integration, junction, joining, combination, consolidation, conjunction, merger, merging, amalgamation, fusion, standardization; monotheism

Tawakkal: reliance, dependence, trust, confidence

Templa: Originally, Roman Templa were rectangular areas either in the sky or on the earth, so defined by the augurs, as to provide the basis for interpreting signs either from lightning or from the flight of birds. The terrestrial ones were said to be loci effati , freed from evil forces and thereby inaugurated. Temples in our sense were usually , but not necessarily, templa. The worship of gods was initially carried out at open-air altars and these remained outside the temple, as the essential context for sacrifices (rituals). The building was added to house the god’s image, to store the paraphernalia of the cult and the dedications made by individuals as the result of private vows to the god. Eventually they became storehouses of art-treasures from conquered Greece.Some functions were proper to templa in the strict sense, only in them, for instance, could meetings of the Senate take place.

Ten Commandments: the Ten Commandments : the divine rules given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai, according to Exodus 20- 1 to 17.

Tetragrammaton: (tetragram : a word of four letters) : the Hebrew name of God written in four letters, articulated e.g., as Yahweh.

Theophany: the Divine manifestations in the physical phenomena,

Theory of Everything: unified theory to explain matter and forces – scientists are striving to find the ‘one supreme law’ governing all laws.

Theory of Strings: subatomic particles (hadrons) are considered as variations of a ‘wave’ form (‘superstring’). The ‘superstring theory’ holds that billions and billions of unseen ‘strings’ pervade the universe, and their different frequencies give rise to all the matter and energy. Certain variations also turn into time and space. Nature’s fundamental field is constantly vibrating and ‘producing’.
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Torah: the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Old Testament); a Scroll containing this ( the books of the Pentateuch, i.e. Deuteronomy, Numbers, Genesis, Leviticus, Exodus ); the Will of God as revealed in the Mosaic Law.

Troposphere: a layer of atmospheric air extending from about 6-10 km upwards from the earth’s surface , in which the temperature falls with increasing height.

Ultra-Violet Rays: rays having a wavelength (just) beyond the violet end of the visible spectrum

Unification Theory: Theory of Everything: unified theory to explain matter and forces – scientists are striving to find the ‘one supreme law’ governing all laws.

Viking : any of the Scandinavian seafaring pirates and traders who raided and settled in parts of North West Europe in the 8th-11th centuries.

Voice Recognition: in computer, softwares are used to match voice patterns with the saved versions. This is used for various purposes including, security.

Waajib: duty, obligation, task, assignment, job; necessary, essential, requisite, indispensable, required, obligatory, incumbent, mandatory, imperative; inevitable, unavoidable, inescapable; due, adequate, fitting, proper, appropriate; owing, payable, mature(d)

Wahy (Wahii): Revealed knowledge

Wan: in computer (information technology) Wide Area Networking.

Wavicle: wave-particle duality : light and other electro-magnetic radiations behave like a wave motion when being propagated and like particles when interacting with matter.

Window: in computer an area on a display screen inside which a portion of a stored image or file can be displayed.

Wi-Fi: wireless fidelity

Wujuud: existence, being, entity, presence, attendance, being there, showing up, coming, occurrence, availability, finding , finding out, discovery, detection, [ Wajada :to find, to meet with, to come across, come upon, hit upon, stumble upon, strike upon , light upon, happen upon, spot, to get , obtain, acquire, attain, achieve, consider, deem, think, adore, love passionately; Wajd : passion, love, ecstasy ; Wijdaan : feeling, sentiment, affection, emotion, conscience.

Yadrccha: Chance

Yatqaa: Unrealistic Presumption

Yoni: Womb

Yuga: 1.8 million years

Zaalimuun: those who perform, commit or perpetrate ‘zulm’ (a crime, blunder, or anything outrageous). [ ‘Zulm’ : injustice, unfairness, inequity, wrong, tyranny, oppression, despotism, arbitrariness.]

Zabuur: generally the title given to the Psalms of David (Peace be upon him).

Zakat: alms.

Zikr: mention(ing), referring (to), reference (to), naming, specification, stating, indication, indicating, pointing out (to) , citation, citing, remembrance, recollection, reminiscence, memory, reputation, repute, renown, fame, name, standing, credit. [ ‘Zikrullaah’ : praise , glorification, eulogy, laudation, extolment (of Allah); ‘Zikr-Ism-Allaah’: invocation of Allah, mention(ing) (utterance, pronunciation) of Allah’s Most Beautiful-Best Name. In Sufi ritual consisting of the repetition of words in praise of Allah; ‘Zikr-ul-Hakiim’ : the Holy Quraan.]

Zionism: (Zion or Sion : the hill of Jerusalem on which the city of David was built; the Jewish people or their religion; the Kingdom of God in Heaven.) : a movement (originally) for the reestablishment and (now) the development of a Jewish nation in what is now Israel. The first Zionist congress was held in Basel in 1897 on the initiative of Theodor Herzl, the father of political Zionism.

Zodiac: a belt of the heavens limited by lines about 8 degrees from the ecliptic on each side, including all apparent positions of the sun, moon, and planets as known to ancient astronomers and divided into twelve equal parts.

Zygote: [ zygo- : joining , pairing ( zugon : yoke ) ] : in Biology a cell formed by the union of two gametes.

References: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English.
Dictionary of Science , John Daintith.
The Penguin Dictionary of Biology.
Oxford Minidictionary of Computing.
Al-Mawrid (Dr Rohi Baalbaki)
A Dictionary of Islam, Thomas Patrick Hughes
Lughatul Quran, Maulana Muhammad Abdur-Rashid Nomani.
Dictionary of Religions, John R. Hinnells
Chambers Science and Technology Dictionary
Arabic English Dictionary, F.Steingass
Arabic English Dictionary, J.G.Hava
Wortabet’s Arabic English Dictionary
Evolution Deceit, Harun Yahya
…Unto Light, Shahzado Shaikh.
“A cosmological twist”, Shaikh Aziz, The Dawn, 12.10.2003.