7. Masaḥ (مسح), or the touching of the boots whereby they become purified for prayer. [[MASAH].]
8. Tat̤hīr (تطهير), or the cleansing of vessels, articles of clothing, &c., from impurity, which is generally done by applying either water, or sand and dust, the mere sprinkling being sufficient. [[TATHIR].]
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QABĀLAH, QIBĀLAH (قبالة). A deed of conveyance or transfer of right or property. Any contract or bargain or sale signed by a judge. (Hidāyah, vol. ii. p. 569.)
QĀBA QAUSAIN (قاب قوسين). Lit. “Two bows’ length.” An expression which occurs in the Qurʾān, [Sūrah liii. 8–10]: “Then he drew near and hovered o’er; until he was two bows’ length off or nigher still. Then he revealed to his servant what he revealed him.” Commentators understand this to refer to the angel Gabriel. Mystic writers use the term to express a state of nearness to God. (See ʿAbdu ʾr-Razzāq’s Dict. of Ṣūfī Terms.)
QĀBĪL (قابيل). [[CAIN].]
AL-QĀBIẒ (القابض). “The Restrainer.” One of the ninety-nine attributes of God. But the word does not occur in the Qurʾān.
QABR (قبر). A grave. [[GRAVE], [TOMB].]
QABŪL (قبول). “Consent.” A term in the Muḥammadan law of marriage, contracts, &c.
QABẒ WA BAST̤ (قبض و بسط). Two terms which are employed to express two opposite states of the heart; qabẓ being a contraction, and bast̤, an expansion, of the spiritual state. (See ʿAbdu ʾr-Razzāq’s Dict. of Ṣūfī Terms.)