AL-QURʾĀNU ʾL-ʿAZ̤ĪM (القران العظيم‎). Lit. “The Exalted Reading.” A title given to the Introductory Chapter of the Qurʾān by Muhammad. (Mishkāt, book viii. ch. i. pt. 1.)

QURBĀN (قربان‎), Lit. “Approaching near.” Heb. ‏קָרְבָּן‎ korbān. A term used in the Qurʾān and in the Traditions for a sacrifice or offering. Sūrah v. 30: “Truly when they (Cain and Abel) offered an offering.” [SACRIFICE.]

QURBU ʾS-SĀʿAH (قرب الساعة‎). “An hour which is near.” A term used for the Day of Resurrection and Judgment.

QUST̤ANT̤ĪNĪYAH (قسطنطينية‎). The word used in the Traditions and in Muḥammadan history for Constantinople. (See Ḥadīs̤u ʾt-Tirmiẕī.) Istambūl (استمبول‎), is the word generally used by modern Muslims.

QUT̤B (قطب‎). Lit. “A stake, an axis, a pivot.” The highest stage of sanctity amongst Muslim saints. A higher position than that of g͟hauṣ. According to the Kashshāfu ʾl-Iṣt̤ilāḥāt, a qut̤b is one who has attained to that degree of sanctity which is a reflection of the heart of the Prophet himself. Qut̤bu ʾd-Dīn, “the axis of religion,” a title given to eminent Muslim divines. [FAQIR.]