Sifat al-Safwa
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Sifat al-Safwa is a renowned biographical and ethical work by the medieval Islamic scholar Ibn al-Jawzi that compiles the lives and virtues of early pious Muslims.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sifat al-Safwa canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4875870 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sifat al-Safwa Context triple: [Ibn al-Jawzi, notableWork, Sifat al-Safwa]
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A.
Hadikat us-Suada
Hadikat us-Suada is a renowned poetic work by the 16th-century Azerbaijani-Ottoman poet Fuzuli, celebrated for its elegiac and religious themes.
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B.
Kitab al-Tawasin
Kitab al-Tawasin is a seminal mystical and poetic work of Islamic Sufism, attributed to the famed mystic al-Hallaj and known for its esoteric reflections on divine love, unity, and martyrdom.
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C.
Al-Masad
Al-Masad is the 111th chapter of the Qur’an, known for condemning Abu Lahab and his wife for their opposition to the Prophet Muhammad.
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D.
Badhl al-Majhud
Badhl al-Majhud is a renowned multi-volume scholarly commentary on the hadith collection Sunan Abu Dawud, widely used in advanced Islamic studies.
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E.
Al-Qari'atu
Al-Qari'atu is the striking, cataclysmic event described at the beginning of Surah Al-Qari'ah in the Qur'an, referring to the Day of Judgment.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sifat al-Safwa Target entity description: Sifat al-Safwa is a renowned biographical and ethical work by the medieval Islamic scholar Ibn al-Jawzi that compiles the lives and virtues of early pious Muslims.
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A.
Hadikat us-Suada
Hadikat us-Suada is a renowned poetic work by the 16th-century Azerbaijani-Ottoman poet Fuzuli, celebrated for its elegiac and religious themes.
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B.
Kitab al-Tawasin
Kitab al-Tawasin is a seminal mystical and poetic work of Islamic Sufism, attributed to the famed mystic al-Hallaj and known for its esoteric reflections on divine love, unity, and martyrdom.
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C.
Al-Masad
Al-Masad is the 111th chapter of the Qur’an, known for condemning Abu Lahab and his wife for their opposition to the Prophet Muhammad.
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D.
Badhl al-Majhud
Badhl al-Majhud is a renowned multi-volume scholarly commentary on the hadith collection Sunan Abu Dawud, widely used in advanced Islamic studies.
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E.
Al-Qari'atu
Al-Qari'atu is the striking, cataclysmic event described at the beginning of Surah Al-Qari'ah in the Qur'an, referring to the Day of Judgment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic book
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Islamic biographical work ⓘ ethical work ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
encourage imitation of the early righteous
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preserve reports about early pious figures ⓘ |
| author | Ibn al-Jawzi ⓘ |
| circulatedIn | the Islamic world ⓘ |
| compiles |
biographies of Companions of the Prophet
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biographies of Successors (Tabi'un) ⓘ biographies of later early Muslims ⓘ |
| field |
Islamic ethics
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Islamic history ⓘ Islamic spirituality ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Islamic ethics
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asceticism ⓘ early pious Muslims ⓘ piety ⓘ |
| genre |
adab literature
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biographical dictionary ⓘ |
| hasModernEditions | yes ⓘ |
| hasPart |
accounts of worship and devotion
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anecdotes about pious conduct ⓘ sayings of early ascetics ⓘ |
| influencedBy | earlier zuhd and biographical works ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed portraits of early Muslim piety
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ethical and spiritual emphasis ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ |
| preservedIn | manuscript form ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Manaqib literature
ⓘ
tabaqat literature ⓘ |
| religiousDiscipline | zuhd literature ⓘ |
| religiousOrientation |
Sunni
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linked to:
Sunni Islam
|
| religiousTradition | Islam ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
students of Islamic ethics
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students of hadith ⓘ |
| subject |
moral exemplars in Islam
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virtues of the righteous ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | 12th century ⓘ |
| usedFor |
historical reference on early Muslims
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moral edification ⓘ spiritual instruction ⓘ |
| usedIn | Sunni Islamic scholarship ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Sifat al-Safwa Description of subject: Sifat al-Safwa is a renowned biographical and ethical work by the medieval Islamic scholar Ibn al-Jawzi that compiles the lives and virtues of early pious Muslims.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Abd al-Rahman ibn Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Ubayd Allah ibn al-Jawzi
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notableWork
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Sifat al-Safwa
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subject linked to:
Abd al-Rahman
subject linked to:
Abu’l-Faraj