REVELATION. At the basis of Islam is the idea that God periodically reveals his will, providing precise information to guide human affairs and to lead […]
HUDUD. Classical Islamic law divides the punishment for crimes into two categories: hudud (sg., hadd; lit., “limit” or “prohibitions”) are mandatory punishments imposed for crimes […]
HIZB. Occuring twice in the Qur’an with positive connotations in the compound term hizaballdh (party of God), the term hizb denotes factions or factionalism in […]