Lecture 8 Handout
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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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