The following terms and transliterations occur in the text aof artilcles may not be clear to everyone.

alim: one educated in Islamic law
auliya-allah: friends of Allah, or (living) saints
khalifa-e-azam or khilafat-e-azam (pl)
qawwali
rahmtullahi alaihi
rahmatullahi ta'aala ajmaeen
sahaabi: friend
wajd