Anniyya - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Anniyya - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Mayer, Toby

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1060599
Doc. NO	:	ALei996
Main Entry	:	Mayer, Toby
Title & Author	:	Anniyya - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Mayer, Toby
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(1,090 words)
Abstract	:	Anniyya , literally, “that-ness,” is a technical term in Arabic philosophy and Islamic mysticism. It is almost certainly derived from the conjunction anna (“that”), or (if vowelled as inniyya ) from the adverb inna (“truly”). The traditional designation of both particles as resembling the verb explains the rule that the following substantive is in the accusative, that is, as if it were an objective complement to a word with the force of the verb “to see” (compare the cognate Hebrew term hinneh , “behold”). Anniyya thus bears witness to the actual presence
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei996.pdf