Murshid

Those five takas were enough for little Murshid to buy a packet of roasted chick-peas, a popsicle, and a pack of chewing gum, and he still had some change left over -- or with five takas he could buy a can of Coke, which he had never tasted before.

Building Bridges and Business Through International Development 2006

To draw forth all its virtues, the reciter should receive it from the hands of his Murshid or spiritual guide, and study it during the Chillah, or forty days of fast, of which, I venture to observe, few Sons of Bull are capable.

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003

After due preparation under his Murshid, he is allowed to enter on the road.

The Faith of Islam Edward Sell

The great object of life, then, being to escape from the hindrances to pure love and to a return to the divine essence, the Tálib, or seeker, attaches himself to a Murshid, or teacher.

The Faith of Islam Edward Sell

Every Fakir must have a Murshid or preceptor, and be initiated by him.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

Tell the Murshid my dream and ask him for a full interpretation.

The Eyes of Asia Rudyard Kipling 1900

They were expelled from 'Omân by its imam, Nâsir-bin-Murshid (who reigned from 1624 to 1649) -- except from Máskat and el-Mátrah, which was accomplished by his successor,

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 22 of 55 1625-29 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. Edward Gaylord Bourne 1884

For our present purpose it may be sufficient to say that _Murshid_ denotes a religious teacher who expounds the mystic Way of Salvation to his _Murids_, or disciples, who gather round him, adopt his doctrines, obey his commands, and cheerfully accept martyrdom in his service.

Studies in Literature and History Alfred Comyn Lyall 1873

Poole adds that he found it also in a MS. of Lane's entitled "Murshid ez-Z·war ilß el-Abrar," with the difference that it is there related of an Egyptian saint who travelled to Baghdad, and was in the same manner directed to his own house in El-Fustßt.

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

Murshid Khan is expanding his operational responsibilities as Chief Information Officer and will be responsible for aligning all Enterprise Technology, in addition to overseeing Enterprise Procurement and the Strategy and Program Management Office.

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