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HABĀʾ (هباء). “Dust,” especially the finer particles which fly about and are only conspicuous in the sun’s rays.
A term used by the Ṣūfī mystics for those portions of matter (hayūla) which God has distributed in creation. (ʿAbdu ʾr-Razzāq’s Dict. of Ṣūfī Terms.)
HABĪB AN-NAJJĀR (حبيب النجار). “Ḥabīb the Carpenter,” whose story is told in the Qurʾān ([Sūrah xxxvi. 12]), as follows:—
“Set forth to them the instance of the people of the city (i.e. of Antioch) when the Sent Ones came to it.
“When we sent two (i.e. John and Jude) unto them and they charged them both with imposture—therefore with a third (i.e. Simon Peter) we strengthened them: and they said, ‘Verily we are the Sent unto you of God.’
“They said, ‘Ye are only men like us: Nought hath the God of Mercy sent down. Ye do nothing but lie.’
“They said, ‘Our Lord knoweth that we are surely sent unto you;
“ ‘To proclaim a clear message is our only duty.’
“They said, ‘Of a truth we augur ill from you: if ye desist not we will surely stone you, and a grievous punishment will surely befall you from us.’