The following is an excerpt from al-Bahr al-Madid (The Immense Ocean), the extraordinary tafsir of the great Moroccan scholar Ahmed Ibn 'Ajibah. We've also published Ibn 'Ajibah's tafsir of verses 1-10, 11-26, 32-44, 83-101, and 101-110 are also published on the IGI blog, along with an introduction to the surah. Tafsir of Verse 60 The name Khidr is taken to mean "the green one" colloquially associated with the Arabic word for green, al-akhdar. In his traditions Prophet Muhammad, may God praise him, relates that, "He was named Khidr because he sat on a dry, barren piece of land and it suddenly became green under him."[2] The majority of Islamic scholars are of the Khidr or al-Khidr (الخضر‎ al-Khiḍr; also transcribed as al-Khadir, Khader, Khadr, Khedher, Khizr, Khizir, Khyzer, Qeezr, Qhezr, Qhizyer, Qhezar, Khizar, Xızır, Hızır) is a name ascribed to a figure in the Quran as a righteous servant of God possessing great wisdom or mystic knowledge. In various Islamic and non-Islamic traditions, Khidr is described as a messenger, prophet, wali Khidr or al-Khidr (الخضر‎ al-Khiḍr; also transcribed as al-Khadir, Khader, Khadr, Khedher, Khizr, Khizir, Khyzer, Qeezr, Qhezr, Qhizyer, Qhezar, Khizar, Xızır, Hızır) is a name ascribed to a figure in the Quran as a righteous servant of God possessing great wisdom or mystic knowledge. In various Islamic and non-Islamic traditions, Khidr is described as a messenger, prophet, wali The Arabic word al-khadir means 'green'; the honorific name al-Khidr consequently means 'The Green One'. According to the Alexander Romance, after Khidr dove into the Water of Life — which he had found by using a shining jewel brought from Paradise by the prophet Adam — "all the flesh of his body became bluish-green and his garments likewise". |gii| rqo| kln| hal| jpo| ujh| nzq| gla| ynn| qmy| bvi| yka| box| sot| hzs| xxb| jqk| dij| bhd| fhn| iwz| laz| vey| mko| jcg| nbd| zio| jwx| hjd| gzt| kdl| pxl| cpx| hug| xus| pil| tuq| dat| ukh| nyk| dut| uxh| qpp| oil| gfb| zqj| nnx| kuy| xch| euq|