The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (958 page)

Authors: John Bowker

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, and as the founder of ‘the science of hearts’, ‘
ilm al-qul

b
. He is perhaps the most frequently quoted of the early preachers, and his sermons are highly valued for their content and style.

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Ha-Shelah ha-Kadosh
(rabbi and kabbalist)
:

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Ha-Shem

(Heb., ‘the name’). Way in Judaism of referring to the name of God without pronouncing it: it becomes a surrogate especially for the
tetragrammaton
.

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Hashemite
or H

shimite
.

A descendant of the clan (Ban

shim) to which
Mu

ammad
belonged. The term is sometimes restricted to those who are
shurafa
(
shar

f
) descendants of the Prophet, as in the case of the recently-founded dynasty of kings in Jordan.

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