NABI    - PROPHET     RASUUL    -Messenger terms used freely to describe the Prophet Muhammed salla alaihi Wa salem .

NADA    -literally "to wind" the turban .To appoint . An official ceremony to appoint a chief  (Nigeria) NADI    -an official position, the ceremony itself.   RAWANI   The turban is not worn by women generally except in  special ways for example by JAJIS in the Asmawian tradition .

NADHAFA   -related to the concept of TAHARA especially bodily cleanliness.

NAFIL    - superogatory or optional prayers, fasts ,ect. that may be performed in addition to the obligatory FARD salat ,fasts.

NAFS    - NATURE   ,human nature . 

 NAFS- dictate to you ,interfere with your DHKR, 

 Nafs- forbid you from worshipping Allah, 

Nafs -are involved in both prosperity and misery,

NAFS- can confiscate your heart and make your worship[insincere.]..."sweep the doorstep of the infidels with your virtues "...and walls a million deserts of dissapointment to the end "  -Ahmed Samani  1146

Nafs   -The ego self . A force in human nature which wants that person to harm himself religiously.Any thing in the personality which challenges submission to Allah..

NAFS AMMARA   The unruly animal self this has no concienceand is impatient of limitation and restriction . 

NAFS LAWWAMA    -The struggleing moral self repents after sin

NAFS MUTMAINNA   -Composed ,Allah realised ,Peace,purity, rectitude ,knowlege

NAFAL SALAT    alt. sp. NAFIL     - Superogatory , more than required  . eg extra Rakat in salat .FARD means the obligatory SALAT.

NAJIYA    -Relative to the sects mentioned in the hadith . This word refers to those who will be saved from condemnation to hell (gehenna )for making heresy with sects and divisions Generally NAJIYYA means orthodox -that is the 4 madhabs and in sufism those lawful sufi orders .

NAJAAT   - to acquire NAJAAT means that you will go to heaven . The mantle of Taqleed .

NAJIYAH       -Being saved from GEHENNA   (hell) The one sect of Islam that will not go to hell. The religion professed by Muhammed ,salla alaihi wa salem and the Sahabi. All sects believe themselves to be truely Najiyah . Tradition says only one .

NAQL  -transmission , tradition as opposed to or next to 'AQL  -reasoning

KASHF- true unveiling along with NAQL and AQL of the word of Allah (Qur'anic revelation) insight of a high order .

NAQEEB-UL   -leader

NASIR    - One of the divine names for Allah .It means Allah is the helper .

NEELI    - alt spelling  NILI . A  very particular shade of green considered by Egyptian fellaheen to be very bad luck . In the 11th century; a famine in Egypt caused the Nile to change from its normal blue color to a strange color of green .Crops died the Nile smelled bad . There were two years of famine . Historical accounts of that famine reported cases where children were sold into slavery to prevent them starving to death and other cases where children were cannibalized .So for one thousand years this is a cultural memory of that famine .Nili green is considered bad luck.

NASAB    - lineage or geneology

NASS   -a general term for an AYAT or HADITH which states whether something is ordered or prohibited  

NASIHAH    -Sincere , good advice from one Muslim to another . The duty of all muslims in their social relations is to forbid evil and encourage  good .

NASIYHA     - the front of the head, see 96:15-16, this site http://voiceofallah.com/science.htm In this case refers to the evils of selfish agressive egotism and the violence and agression in human plotting and lies. not properly transliterated ?.

NAZAR   -To see , profound understanding of principles.

NASIHAT   -Giving advice to a fellow Muslim. You must not tell people about their fault directly ,but you must be tactful and indirect. For example, you generally would not name a person who comitted the deed . You make an example from a similar case and allude to it indirectly . You would say "a long time ago in a far away unrelated situation "So-And-So (no names )did this particular sin ( details left out to protect the guilty ) All good Muslims avoid gossip . This teqnique is highly refined in Sufism . A good Sufi NASEEHA uses the self as an example rather than the individual in question . Thereby establishing several spiritual principles . Tact, humility , fixing ones own faults in prefference to others ,example ,kindness, firmness without creating rebellion,resentment or hostility .Humor is excellent . Naseeha : "once there was this president in a mushrik country ......"

NAZR    -Offered at a Shrine

NIFAAQ   -hypocrsy . A person is said to be NIFAAQ when they are indifferent to moral   improvement . A person who is  content with mere letters and words and book Knowlege ; These are are the ways of NIFAAQ . A person who practices the DIN with false motives -to acquire a worldly benifits. NIFAAQ  creates enmity and hypocrisy in society . He is not bothered with spiritual self reform and moral progress . Knowlege in this case has no benifit . The cure for NIFAAQ is DHIKR .Acts are judged by their motives -hadith. all good Muslims give careful consideration to their motives when they take up any action .

NI'MAT  RABNAA    -Allah's blessing  ,refers to wheat or bread ;when dropped on the ground is picked up,kissed and blessed. Bread has to be laid on a cloth . Sufi Muslims do not waste food .or running water .

NIQAAB   -The face veil worn by gulf Arab women ,Bedouins and Maghrebi women and some Afro- American muslims .Enter NIQAB as a search subject .

NISBAH   -urdu , a person , "relationship" , viewpoint, an emotional attatchment is NISBAT

NIYYAT   -to intend . To make NIYYAT means to make a declaration of intent to Allah before doing some action of a religious nature . . For example niyyat is a requirement before each day of Ramadan and before SALAT . NIYYAT must be made in the case of any Islamic act ,the NIKAH ,giving ZAKAT ,HAJJ ect.  Also befor reading Qur'an ,taking GHUSL ect. See: Ihya Ulum ud-Din  by Al Ghazzali .you should always make niyyat even if it is made silently or in English .  Formal Arabic Niyyat will be found in books explaining how to make salat .

NIZAM AL MULK 1018-92 wrote :  Siyas et Nameh (book of counsel for kings ) Vizier to Seljuk Sultans, Alp Arslan and Malik Shah . considerable changes in IQTA (land grants) were made . Nizamiyya madrassas were established throughout the empire .

NIZAMA   -"order" "system "

NUBUWWAT   - prophethood

NUSHUZ   -defiance arrogance ,rebellion ,disobedience,open lewdness, obscenity, infidelity ,adultery