“The desire of increasing riches occupieth you
Till you come to the grave.”
TAKBĪR (تكبير). The expression, “Allāhu akbar!” (الله اكبر), “God is very great!” (Mishkāt, book x. ch. ii.)
The ejaculation frequently occurs in the daily liturgy and in the funeral office. [[PRAYER].]
TAKBĪRU ʾT-TAḤRĪMAH (تكبير التحريمة). The first takbīr in the liturgical prayer, said standing, after the recital of which the worshipper must give himself up entirely to worship. [[PRAYER], [TAKBIR].]
TAK͟HĀRUJ (تخارج). An arrangement entered into by some heirs-at-law with others for their share of the inheritance, in consideration of some specific thing which excludes them from inheritance. (Hamilton’s Hidāyah, vol. iii. p. 201.)
AT-TAKWĪR (التكوير). “The Folding-up.” The title of the LXXXIst Sūrah of the Qurʾān, which opens a solemn announcement of the Judgment Day by the words: “When the sun shall be folded up.”
TAKYAH (تكية). Lit. “A pillow; a place of repose.” Used in all Muḥammadan countries for—
(1) A place in which some celebrated saint has stayed. In Central Asia, these places are often merely marked by a few stones and a flag, but they are held sacred.