The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (958 page)

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, and as the founder of ‘the science of hearts’, ‘
ilm al-qul
b
. He is perhaps the most frequently quoted of the early preachers, and his sermons are highly valued for their content and style.
Ha-Shelah ha-Kadosh
(rabbi and kabbalist)
:
Ha-Shem
(Heb., ‘the name’). Way in Judaism of referring to the name of God without pronouncing it: it becomes a surrogate especially for the
tetragrammaton
.
Hashemite
or H
shimite
.
A descendant of the clan (Ban
H
shim) to which
Mu
ammad
belonged. The term is sometimes restricted to those who are
shurafa
(
shar
f
) descendants of the Prophet, as in the case of the recently-founded dynasty of kings in Jordan.

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