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Sufism
SUFISM. One of the truly creative manifestations of religious life in Islam is the mystical tradition, known as Sufism. The term derives most probably from the Arabīc word for wool (...
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Shah, Mihr Ali
(1859–1937), Sufi saint. An important Sufi (Islamic mystic) saint who advocated a strong personal relationship with God, Mihr Ali Shah believed that the divine was immediately kn...
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Sufism—South Asia
Sufism (Arabic tasawwuf; from sufi, "man of wool") refers to the practices of religious mystics who differentiated themselves by wearing garments of coarse wool ...
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Sufism—Southwest Asia
Sufism, or Islamic mysticism, has for centuries been integral to the religious lives of Muslims in Southwest Asia (modern Afghanistan and Pakistan). Sufism flourished in t...
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Sufism
The origins of Sufism (taṣawwuf in Arabic), or Islamic mysticism, appear clearly in the spiritual practise of the Prophet Muhammad in seventh-century Arabia (Massignon 1954, Lings 1993)....
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