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Definition of Sufis

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 Sufis from wikipedia

- the hadith, which Sufis regard to be authentic, in which Muhammad said, "I am the city of knowledge, and Ali is its gate." Eminent Sufis such as Ali Hujwiri...
- 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...
- the extreme, ascetic Sufis (fakirs and dervishes) and the Shamans of the traditional Turco-Mongol religion. Major ideas in Sufi metaphysics have surrounded...
- 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...
- khānaqāh provided a place to stay for Sufis who were not from Cairo. It was provided by Saladin based on the exchange of Sufis supporting the Ayyubid dynasty...
- multicolored skirt. This has also developed into a performance dance by non-Sufis, including dancers outside the Islamic world. As an order, the whirling...
- As such, The Sufis can be read as part of a whole course of study. Eschewing a purely academic approach, Shah gave an overview of Sufi concepts, with...
- God and the universe is still actively debated both among Sufis and between Sufis and non-Sufi Muslims. The mystical thinker and theologian Abu Saeed Mubarak...
- Sindhi and Urdu. Sufi doctrines and organizations provided more freedom to literature than did the court poetry of the period. The Sufis borrowed elements...
- Salafi–Sufi relations refer to the religious, social and political relations between Salafis and Sufis, who represent two major scholarly movements which...