Note 263
The Third Kalandar’s Tale.
These formulae are technically called Tasmiyah, Tahlil (before noted) and Takbír: the "testifying" is Tashhíd.
… Safety; whereat I joyed with exceeding joy and for stress of gladness exclaimed, “Allah! Allah! In the name of Allah! There is no god but the God and Allah is Almighty.”[FN#263] Thereupon the skiff forthwith upset and cast me upon the sea; then it righted and sank deep into the depths. Now I am a fair swimmer, so I swam the whole day till nightfall, when my forearms and shoulders were numbed with fatigue and I felt like to di…
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