Zend Avesta Part 01

SR No.: 007671
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: James Darmesteter
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1895
Total Pages: 2695
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 49 MB

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THE QUR'ÂN.
58. al-Mubdî, the Beginner. 80. al-Muntaqim, the Avenger. 59. al-Mu'hîd, the Restorer. 81. al-'Hafd, the Pardoner. 60. al-Mo'hyî, the Quickener. 82. ar-Ra'af, the Kind. 61. al-Mumît, the Killer. 83. Málik al Mulk, the Ruler of 62. al-'Hâiy, the Living.
the Kingdom 63. al-Qâiyûm, the Subsisting. 84. Dhu'lgalâl wa'l ikrâm, Lord 64. al-Wâgid, the Existing.
of Majesty and Liberality. 65. al-Magîd, the Glorious. 85. al-Muqsit, the Equitable. 66. al-Wahid, the One.
86. al-Gâmi'h, the Collector. 67. az-Zamad, the Eternal. 87. al-Ghanî, the Independent. 68. al-Qâdir, the Powerful. 88. al-Mughnî, the Enricher. 69. al-Muqtadir, the Prevailing. 89. al-Mu'htî, the Giver. 70. al-Muwa'h'hir, the Deferrer. 90. al-Mâni'h, the Withholder. 71. al-Muqaddim, the Bringer- 91. az-Zârr, the Distresser. forward.
92. an-Nafi'h, the Profiter. 72. al-Awwal, the First.
93. an-Nûr, Light. 73. al-A'hir, the Last.
94. al-Hâdî, the Guide. 74. ath-Thâhir, the Apparent. 95. al-Badî'h, the Incomparable. 75. al-Bahn, the Innermost. 96. al-Bâqî, the Enduring. 76. al-Wâlî, the Governor. 97. al-Wârith, the Inheritor. 77. al-Muta’hâl, the Exalted. 98. ar-Rasîd, the Rightly-direct78. al-Barr, Righteousness.
ing. 79. at-Tawwab, the Relenting. 99. as-Zabûr, the Patient.
These names are used by Muslims in their devotions, the rosary (masba'hah) being employed to check their repetition. Such an exercise is called a Dhikr or 'remembrance,' a word that is also applied to a recitation of the whole or portions of the Qur'ân and to the devotional exercises of the dervishes.
The formula 'In the name of the merciful and compassionate God,' with which every chapter but one of the Qur'ân begins, appears to have been adopted from the Persian Zoroastrian phrase, Benäm i Yezdân i ba'hsâyisgar dâdâr, 'In the name of God the merciful, the just;' the later Parsee form Benâm i 'hudawandi ba'hsâyenda ba'hsåyisgar is the exact equivalent of the Mohammedan phrase.
Besides a belief in God, the Qur'ân requires belief in the existence of angels; they are pure, without distinction of sex, created of fire, and neither eat nor drink nor propagate their species.
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