Sharí‘ah,
Sharí‘atshar-ee-yeh
shar-ee-yat
(each ar as in Harry)Muslim canonical law. The Law, the Path and the Truth are Ṣúfí terms concerning the journey of the soul toward God. A saying attributed to Muḥammad is:
“The Law is My words, the Path is My works, and the Truth is My inward state.” (SV 40).
ShaykhshakeVenerable old man; man of authority; elder, chief, professor, superior of a dervish order, etc.
Shaykh ‘Abdu’r-Raḥmánshake-abd-or-ra-h-mownLeader of Qádiríyyih Order, who had at least 100,000 followers. In reply to his queries, Bahá’u’lláh revealed the Four Valleys. (GPB 122).
Shaykh ‘Ábídshake-awe-bedTutor at school where the Báb remained five years. (DB 75).
Shaykh-Aḥmad-i-Aḥsá’íshake-ah-mad-eh-ah-
saw-ee
(each ah as a in at )The first of the “twin resplendent lights” who heralded the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh. Born 1753, died near Medina at the age of 81. (GPB 92; DB 42).
Shaykh-‘Alíy-i-Míríshake-al-lee-yeh-mee-reeMuftí of ‘Akká and Bahá’í convert.
Shaykh Ḥasan-i-Zunúzíshake-hass-an-eh-zo-nooz-eeBeliever whom the Báb sent to Karbilá “inasmuch as you are destined to behold, with your own eyes, the beauteous countenance of the Promised Ḥusayn.” A prophecy fulfilled October 5, 1851, when he first saw Bahá’u’lláh. (DB 31–32).
Shaykh Ismá‘ílshake-ess-maw-ellLeader of Khálidíyyih Order, who requested Bahá’u’lláh to reside at his seminary in Sulaymáníyyih.
Shaykh Muḥammad-Báqirshake moham-mad-
baw-careThe “Wolf,” to whom Bahá’u’lláh addressed His “Tablet of the Proof” and to whom He referred as “the last trace of sunlight upon the mountain-top.” (GPB 232).
Shaykh Muḥammad-Taqíy-
i-Najafíshake-moham-mad-tack-
ee-yeh-naj-aff-eeThe Son of the Wolf, to whom the celebrated Epistle was addressed by Bahá’u’lláh.
Shaykh Muḥyi’d-Dínshake-moh-yeh-deenThe “Seven Valleys” was revealed in answer to the questions of this Qádí
Shaykh Murtaḍáy-i-Anṣáríshake-morta-zaw-yeh-
an-saw-reeLeading mujtahid extolled by Bahá’u’lláh in the Lawḥ-i-Sulṭán. (GPB 143).
Shaykh Ṭabarsíshake-tab-ar (as in Harry) - seeShrine, turned into a fort, where 313 Bábís, a “handful of untrained and frail-bodied students,” withstood the besieging armies of Persia from Oct. 12, 1848 to May 9, 1849 (DB 345, 399). Never surrendering, the survivors were brought out of the Fort only when the enemy commander swore a false oath of peace on the Qur’án.
Shaykh ‘Uthmánshake-oss-mawnLeader of Naqshbandíyyih Order, to which the Sulṭán of Turkey and his entourage belonged. (GPB 122).
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