释义 |
‖ Sunna|ˈsʌnə| Also (7 Sunnet), 8 Sonna, 9 Sonnah, Sunnah, -eh, Soonna. [a. Arab. sunnah (sunnat) form, way, course, rule.] The body of traditional sayings and customs attributed to Muhammad and supplementing the Koran. (Cf. Sunni, Sunnite.)
[1687A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. i. 48 The difference which they put betwixt that time which God commanded, and the two times of Mahomet, is that they call the first Fars, and those of Mahomet, Sunnet.] 1728Chambers Cycl., Sonna, a Book of Mahometan Traditions, wherein all the Orthodox Mussulmans are required to believe. 1842Penny Cycl. XXIII. 300/1 Sunnah. 1867Chambers' Encycl. IX. 214/1 The Sunna not only comprises religious doctrines and practice, but also civil and criminal laws, and the usages of common life: the way to eat and to drink, and to dress, and the like. 1883Encycl. Brit. XVI. 553/1 Just as the Torah grew out of the decisions of Moses, so did the Sunna out of those of Mohammed. |