Abbreviations
| b. |
ibn (abbreviated only in the index and bibliography) |
| EI2 |
Encyclopaedia of Islam, New [= 2nd] Edition. |
| EI3 |
Encyclopaedia of Islam, Third Edition (also known as Encyclopaedia of Islam, Three). |
| F |
MS Feyzullah / Fayḍ Allāh 2133 (Istanbul) |
| Q |
Qurʾan1 |
| R |
MS Ragippaşa / Rāghib Bāshā 1473 (Istanbul) |
| ṭ. |
(in the bibliography) ṭabʿah (either “edition” or “printing”) |
| TQ |
al-Thaʿālibī, Taḥsīn al-qabīḥ wa-taqbīḥ al-ḥasan, ed. Shākir al-ʿĀshūr, 2nd ed. |
Common pious expressions after names of prophets et al. are abbreviated:
| rḍ |
raḍiya llāhu ʿanhu, “may God be pleased with him” |
| ṣ |
ṣallā llāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam, “God bless and preserve him” (Muslims often use the abbreviation “p.b.u.h.”, “peace be upon him”). |
| ʿs |
ʿalayhi l-salām, “peace be upon him” |
| ʿṣs |
ʿalayhi l-ṣalātu wa-l-salām, “blessing and peace be upon him” |
Quotations from the Qurʾan are given with guillemets (French quotation marks).