Praise, Prophetic Blessings and Foundations of Kalām
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- How should the omitted governing expression in bismillāh be determined?
- Which grammatical analysis of al-ḥamdu lillāh is correct?
- Which distinction between hamd and shukr is most accurate?
- Why place bismillāh and al-ḥamdu lillāh together?
- Which claim is incompatible with the theological meaning of al-mutawaḥḥid?
- What are the root and derived form of mutawaḥḥid?
- What must be avoided in explaining bi-jalāli dhātihī?
- What is the correct relationship between affirming divine attributes and anthropomorphism?
- What does taqaddus indicate here?
- Why pair shawāʾib and simāt in the statement of transcendence?
- In “Allah knows, but does not learn as humans do,” what does the second clause illustrate?
- How is blessing upon the Prophet distinguished from ritual ṣalāt?
- Why is Allah’s ṣalāt not understood as a needy human supplication?
- What does the derivation of nabī from nabaʾ emphasize?
- What is expressed by muʾayyad bi-sāṭiʿ ḥujajihī?
- Which statement best distinguishes ḥujjah and bayyinah?
- What principle follows from the varying uses of āl Muḥammad?
- Under the familiar technical definition, who is a Companion?
- Which explanation best distinguishes hudāt and ḥumāt?
- What does wa-baʿd signal in scholarly Arabic composition?
- Why is tawḥīd foundational to the study of religious law?
- Which distinction between creed and fiqh is correct?
- How does a doctrinal principle differ from a particular issue?
- Why does the lexical meaning “speech” not fully define kalām?
- Why distinguish a doubt from an unfounded misconception?
- Which statement combines affirmation of an attribute with denial of resemblance?
- The implicit verb understood with bismillāh may differ according to the action.
- Al-mutawaḥḥid means that Allah acquired oneness at some point.
- Merely living during the Prophet’s lifetime is sufficient for the usual definition of a Companion.
- Affirming divine attributes and denying creaturely resemblance are compatible.