THUNDER

Arabic Raʿd ( رعد‎ ). In the Qurʾān, Sūrah xiii. 13, 14 , it is said: “He (God) it is who shows you the lightning for fear and hope (of rain); and He brings up heavy clouds, and the thunder celebrates His praise; and the angels, too, fear him, and He sends the thunder-clap and overtakes therewith whom He will; yet they wrangle about God! But He is strong in might.” AT̤ -T̤IBBU ʾR-RŪḤĀNI ( الطب الروحانى‎ ). Lit . “The science (medical) of the heart.” A term used by the Ṣūfīs for a knowledge of the heart and of remedies for its health. (See Kitābu ʾt-Taʿrīfāt .) TILĀWAH ( تلاوة‎ ). Lit . “Reading.” The reading of the Qurʾān. [ QURʾAN .] AT -TĪN ( التين‎ ). “The Fig.” The title of the XCV th Sūrah of the Qurʾān, the opening words of which are: “I swear by the fig and by the olive.” T̤ĪNATU ʾL-K͟HABĀL ( طــيــنــة الخبال‎ ). Lit . “The clay of putrid matter.” The sweat of the people of hell. An expre ion used in the Traditions. ( Mishkāt , book xv. ch. vii. pt. 1.) AT -TIRMIẔĪ ( الترمذى‎ ). The Jāmiʿu ʾt-Tirmiẕī , or the “Collection of Tirmiẕī.” One of the six correct books of Sunnī traditions collected by Abū ʿĪsā Muḥammad ibn ʿĪsā ibn Saurah at-Tirmiẕī, who was born at Tirmiẕ on the banks of the Jaihun, A.H . 209. Died A.H . 279. [ TRADITIONS .]