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Islamic Societies of the Middle East & North Africa            MELC20040

Glossary of terms:

tasawwuf: “mysticism”

ma‘rifa: “gnosis;” “spiritual knowledge”

Rabi‘a al-‘Adawiya: famous woman mystic (d. 801)

al-Hallaj (d. 922): another famous male mystic

dhikr: “remembrance/mention of God”

Jalal al-Din al-Rumi (d. 1273): famous Turkish mystic


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