Muhammadian

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English

Etymology

From Muhammad +‎ -ian.

Adjective

Muhammadian (comparative more Muhammadian, superlative most Muhammadian)

  1. Of, relating to, or resembling Muhammad or his sunnah
    • 1996, Michael Sells, Early Islamic Mysticism, page 90
      Sahl is given credit for the first major expression of a number of key Sufi themes: the pre-eternal covenant between humanity and deity, the eternal column of Muhammadian light, the view that only the deity has the right to say "I,"
    • 1999, Mordechai Nisan, Identity and Civilization, page 19
      The Jews refused to accede to the Muhammadian revelations, become Muslims, and 'surrender' to Allah.
    • 2005, Mehmet Muhyiddin Üftâde, The Nightingale in the Garden of Love, page 28
      It is an intrinsic element of the Muhammadian perfection, for it is obtained at the end of a spiritual ascension and a re-descent towards the creatures