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GLOSSARY Abdal Literally means 'Substitutes. Saintly men who act on behalf of the Prophets in their absence. Such men would always inhabit the world and defend the truth of Islam against its enemies through manifest signs and arguments. Aameen Let it be so. Arabic equiva- lent to amen. Ahadith See Hadith. Buddhsattva One who is on the path towards Buddhahood. Dajjal A term in Arabic that liter- ally means, 'the great deceiver. In Islamic terminology 'Dajjal' refers to those satanic forces that would be unleashed in the Latter Days to oppose the Promised Messiahas and al-Imam al-Mahdi. A similar prophecy in the Christian faith about the appearance of the Anti- christ refers to the same phenom- enon, and we have therefore used the terms 'Dajjal' and 'Antichrist' as synonyms. Fatamite Descendants of Fatimahra the daughter of the Holy Prophetsas, wife of Hazrat Alira [Note that the dictionary defini- tion is almost always about the dy- nasty]. Hadith A saying of the Holy Prophet Muhammadsas. The plural is ahadith. Hazrat A term of respect used to show honour and reverence for a person of established righteous- ness and piety. The literal mean- ing is: His/Her Holiness, Worship, Eminence, etc. It is also used for God in the superlative sense. Hijrah Migration. Refers to the exo- dus from Makkah to Madinah by the Holy Prophet Muhammadsas in the year 623 CE, which marks the beginning of the lunar calendar of Islam.