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Tadlīs (Ar.) Literally, 'fraud'. In the technical terminology of hadīth (q.v.) criticism, this word assumed the sense of interfering with, or disguising defects in, the isnād (q.v.). Tafsīr (Ar.) [pl. tafāsīr] Exegesis, interpretation, commentary, especially relating to the Qur'ān. Classical Qur'ānic tafsīr concentrated on such matters as grammar, identification or provision of proper names, textual ambiguities, provision of more information on central characters, lexicography, philology etc., all with the intention of clarifying the Qur'ānic words themselves. Ismā'īlī exegesis differed somewhat in its desire to seek a hidden (bātin (q.v.)) sense beneath the apparent (zāhir (q.v.)) sense. The great classical exegetes were al-Baydāwī (q.v.), al-Tabarī (q.v.) and al-Zamakhsharī (q.v.). (See Ismā'īlīs; Ta'wīl.) al-Taghābun (Ar.) The title of the 64th sūra of the Qur'ān; it means 'The Mutual Disillusion' or 'The Mutual Cheating'. The sūra belongs to the Medinan period and has 18 verses. Its tide comes from v.9 which refers to the Day of Resurrection as 'The Day of Mutual Disillusion' (Yawm al-Taghābun). On this day men's expectations will be turned upside down. The believers will enter Paradise while the disbelievers who denied God's signs will enter Hell. The believers are warned to beware of enemies even among their wives and children. (See al-Janna; al-Nār; Yawm al-Qiyāma.) Tāhā [Tā' Hā'] (Ar.) The tide of the 20th sura of the Qur'ān; it consists of two letters of the Arabic alphabet T and H. The sura belongs to the Meccan period and contains 135 verses. The tide is drawn from the 1st verse which comprises simply the abovementioned letters. The early part of the sura has much to say about Mūsā (q.v.), Pharaoh, the Children of Israel and Hārūn (q.v.). Later, reference is made to the terrors of the Day of Judgement, the rebellion of Iblīs (q.v.), and the temptation of Adam (q.v.) and Eve. (See Fir'awn; Mysterious Letters of the Qur'ān; Yawm al-Qiyāma.) 240
Tāhā Husayn
Tāhā Husayn See Husayn, Tāhā.
