Definitions for Sufism

Sufism Su·fism

Spelling: [soo-fiz-uh m]
IPA: /ˈsu fɪz əm/

Sufism is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 58 anagrams from letters in Sufism (fimssu).

Definitions for Sufism

noun

  1. the ascetic and mystical system of the Sufis.

Origin of Sufism

First recorded in 1810-20; Sufi + -ism

Examples for Sufism

Being asked to define Sufism, he said, "Sufism consists in giving up repose, and accepting suffering."

As regards religion, Burton had in early life, as we have seen, leaned to Sufism; and this faith influenced him to the end.

This being the state of his mind it is not surprising that he drifted into Sufism.

Sufism, sū′fizm, n. a form of pantheistic mysticism within Islam.

Perhaps I can do no better than to quote one of the foremost authorities on Sufism in regard to Omar's teachings.

Sufism, in some form or another, could not possibly be confined to Asia.

Sufism or Persian mysticism began in asceticism and ended in pantheism.

Had there not been in the heart of Islamism a strong germ of esoteric teaching, Sufism could never have sprung from it.

A study of Sufism will reveal the real Omar—hitherto but little known, if known at all.

One user, a girl named Noor studying at NYU, turns him onto Sufism and Arabic poetry.

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