Definition of Sufi. Meaning of Sufi. Synonyms of Sufi

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Definition of Sufi

Sufi
Sufi Su"fi, n. [From the name of a dynasty of Persian kings, Saf[=i], Safav[=i]; said to come from name Saf[=i]-ud-d[=i]n of an ancestor of the family, confused with s?f[=i] pious.] A title or surname of the king of Persia.
Sufi
Sufi Su"fi, n. [Ar. & Per. s?f[=i], wise, pious, devout.] One of a certain order of religious men in Persia. [Written also sofi.]

Meaning of Sufi from wikipedia

- ritualism, and asceticism. Practitioners of Sufism are referred to as "Sufis" (from صُوفِيّ, ṣūfīy), and historically typically belonged to "orders"...
- Sufi whirling (or Sufi turning) (Turkish: Semazen borrowed from Persian Sama-zan, Sama, meaning listening, from Arabic, and zan, meaning doer, from Persian)...
- A Sufi lodge is a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood or tariqa and is a place for spiritual practice and religious education...
- illustrious Sufi saint Ashraf Jahangir Semnani is the sub branch of Chishti spiritual lineage. The Maizbhandari Tariqa or Maizbhandari Sufi order is a...
- Sufi rock or Sufi folk rock is a subgenre of rock music that combines rock with classical Islamic Sufi music traditions. It emerged in the early 1990s...
- Sufi music refers to the devotional music of the Sufis, inspired by the works of Sufi poets like Rumi, Hafiz, Bulleh Shah, Amir Khusrow, and Khwaja Ghulam...
- ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣūfī (Persian: عبدالرحمن الصوفی; 7 December 903 – 25 May 986) was a Persian Muslim astronomer. His work Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib ("The...
- built over the grave of a revered religious figure, often a Sufi saint or dervish. Sufis often visit the shrine for ziyarat, a term ****ociated with religious...
- Adam Sufi (1187–1297), po****rly known as Makhdoom Adam Sufi, was an Islamic scholar, preacher and Sufi saint of Chishti order. He was son of S**** Ibrahim...
- Skills Development Scotland (SDS) (Scottish Gaelic: Leasachadh Sgilean na h-Alba) is the national skills agency of Scotland. It is an executive non-departmental...