YĀ HŪ (يا هو). “O He!” that is, “O God.” An exclamation often recited by faqīrs or darveshes in their religious ẕikrs. The third personal pronoun singular, hū (huwa), “He” being a name for God, i.e. “He who exists.” [[ZIKR].]
YAHŪD (يهود), the plural of Yahūdī. Heb. יְהוּדִי. Jews. The word used in the Qurʾān (together with Banū Isrāʾīl) for the Jews. [[JEWS], [JUDAISM].]
YAḤYĀ (يحيى). John the Baptist. The son of Zachariah, whose birth is mentioned in the Qurʾān, [Sūrah xix. 1]; [iii. 34]; and who is said in the latter Sūrah to have been sent with glad tidings “to confirm the Word from God (Jesus), a chief and a chaste one and a prophet from the righteous.” And in [Sūrah vi. 85], his name occurs with that of Zachariah, Jesus, and Elias, as one of the “righteous ones.” [[JOHN THE BAPTIST].]
YAʾJŪJ WA MAʾJŪJ (ياجوج و ماجوج). [[GOG AND MAGOG].]
YALAMLAM (يلملم). The mīqāt or stage where the pilgrims from al-Yaman assume the pilgrim’s garb at the pilgrimage. [[HAJJ].]
YAMĀMAH (يمامة). A province in the eastern portion of the Ḥijāz frequently mentioned in the history of Muḥammad.
AL-YAMAN (اليمن). The south-western province of Arabia. It is considered the most fertile part of the country, and is called the garden of Arabia.
YAMĪN يمين. [[OATH].]
AL-YAQĪN (اليقين). “The certainty.” (1) A term which implies belief, sure knowledge, and which occurs in the Qurʾān to express the hour of death.
[Sūrah lxxiv. 43–48]: “They shall say, ‘We were not of those who prayed, we did not feed the poor; but we did plunge into discussion with those who plunged, and we called the Judgment Day a lie until the certainty did come upon us.’ ”