Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Islamic mysticism.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The mystical system of the sufis.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A refined mysticism among certain classes of Mohammedans, particularly in Persia, who hold to a kind of pantheism and practice extreme asceticism in their lives.
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- noun
Islamic mysticism
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun Islamic mysticism
Etymologies
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Examples
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Wikipedia says that Sufism is generally understood to be the inner, mystical dimension of Islam.
Sufism as youth culture in Morocco; under attack in Iran; counterpart of Islamic extremism 2009
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In Arabic the word Marifa literally means knowledge, though in Sufism it refers to experiential devout hold in particular.
Islamic Healing A-Z A's admin 2009
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Sufism is a mystical interpretation of Islam marked by a more tolerant mind-set than the hard-line version favored by the Pakistani Taliban.
In Pakistan, religious shrines step up security against attacks David Nakamura 2010
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In Arabic the word Marifa literally means knowledge, though in Sufism it refers to experiential devout hold in particular.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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Doris says, Sufism is something you experience on your own.
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Doris says, Sufism is something you experience on your own.
Doris Blessing 2007
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Doris Lessing revisited her interest in Sufism in the Time Bites (2004) collection of essays.
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Maybe I've been influenced by Sufi poetry too much, but I understand the Muslim Allah to be transcendent even of gender - in Sufism, Allah is referred to as both Lover and Beloved - active and passive.
Reading: Marianne Ferguson fantasyecho 2006
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The word Sufism was not known at the time of the Messenger or the Sahaabah or the Taabieen.
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The word Sufism was not known at the time of the Messenger or the Sahaabah or the Taabieen.
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