Sufi
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9.4
- adjective
- /ˈsuːfi/
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sufí
- Sheikha Leila dedicates half of her time to spreading the rich musical and spiritual Sufi heritage.
- Sufi orders
- Sufi mystics
- Sufi brotherhoods
And you'll find this in Sufi traditions as well.
- And you'll find this in Sufi traditions as well.
- And this episode hasn't come out yet, but I, I spoke to someone who's studying Sufi mysticism.
- You can find it in the best, you know, teachings in the Torah or, you know, Christian or, or Sufi.
- OK, So as a person, I'm very Sufi.
Examples
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Legend has it that there he met Ibn Arabi, the great Sufi mystic and poet.
Academic text (2001) -
Ana Perez-Christi is a Sufi teacher and vice president of the University of Creation Spirituality.
Academic text (2001) -
I certainly felt that I learned a lot about Sufi Islam by simply watching the performance.
Blog text (23) -
Some people find sufi spirituality very beautiful.
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And you'll find this in Sufi traditions as well.
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There's an expert in sufi spiritual teaching talking to us tonight.
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And in Morocco, the government supports Sufi groups as an alternative to more radical Islamism.
Academic text (1999) -
The Sudan contains a multitude of Sufi movements, with diverse origins and characteristics.
Academic text (2008) -
Shirine's life has become a long and arduous pilgrimage, as the Sufi masters teach.
Fiction book (1998) -
Moroccan Islam is rooted in Sufi traditions that emphasize the inward search for God.
Synonyms
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8.1
Having a strong spiritual quality or seeming mysterious
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sufi comes from the Arabic root suf, 'wool', a reference to the simple wool garments worn by early Sufi teachers, and some people also connect it to a word meaning 'purity'. So Sufi as an adjective describes something that belongs to or relates to the mystical, spiritual side of Islam.