It must not be recited by an unclean person, a drunkard, a madman, or a woman.
ĀZAR (آزر). Terah, the father of Abraham. [Sūrah vi. 74], “And when Ābrahīm said to his father Āzar, Takest thou images as gods?”
“The Eastern authors unanimously agree that he was a statuary, or carver of idols; and he is represented as the first who made images of clay, pictures only having been in use before, and taught that they were to be adored as gods. However, we are told his employment was a very honourable one, and that he was a great lord, and in high favour with Nimrod, whose son-in-law he was, because he made his idols for him, and was excellent in his art. Some of the Rabbins say Terah was a priest and chief of the order.”—(Sale.)
AL-AZĀRIQAH (الازارقة). A sect of heretics founded by Nāfiʿ ibn al-Azraq, who say that ʿAlī was an infidel, and that his assassin was right in killing him. (See ash-Shahrastānī, ed. Cureton, p. ٨٩, Haarbruecker’s translation, I., p. 133.)
AL-ʿAẒBĀʾ (العضباء). The slit-eared; one of Muḥammad’s favourite camels.
AL-AẒḤĀ (الاضحى). [[ʿIDUʾL-AZHA].]
AL-ʿAZ̤ĪM (العظيم). One of the ninety-nine special names of God. “The great One.”
ʿAZĪMAH (عزيمة). An incantation. [[EXORCISM].]
AL-ʿAZĪZ (العزيز). One of the ninety-nine special names of God. It frequently occurs in the Qurʾān. It means “the powerful, or the mighty One.”
ʿAZRĀʾĪL (عزرائيل). The angel of Death. Mentioned in the Qurʾān under the title of Malaku ʾl-Maut, [Sūrah xxxii. 11], “The angel of death who is charged with you shall cause you to die.” [[MALAKU ʾL-MAUT].]