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Sufi

noun

A Muslim who represents the mystical dimension of Islam; a Muslim who seeks direct experience of Allah; mainly in Iran.

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"Sufi" Quotes from Famous Books

... the same reason that you can know by sight or hearing—because you are part of God; you can know Him because you share His nature. "We are partakers of the Divine Nature," says the Christian teacher. "Thou art That," declares the Hindu. The Sufi cries out that by love man and God are one, and know each other. And all the religions of the world in varied phrase announce the same splendid truth of man's Divinity. It is on that that Theosophy founds its affirmation that the knowledge of God is possible to man; that the ...

— London Lectures of 1907 • Annie Besant

... a Sufi Saint, From groping in the darkness late, And, tapping timidly and faint, ...

— The World's Best Poetry Volume IV. • Bliss Carman

... Sanders patiently. "Thus also begins the Sura of the Cave: 'Praise be to God, Who hath sent down the book to his servant, and hath put no crookedness into it.' Therefore, Ahmet, be plain to me, and leave your good speeches till you meet the abominable Sufi." ...

— The Keepers of the King's Peace • Edgar Wallace

Words linked to "Sufi" : Moslem, Muslim