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Glossary of terms used in Islam  
 
 

Sahl at-Tustari
    (Language:   Arabic)
(name) early Sufi (male), born 818, died 896. (more)
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Sakinah
    (Language:   Arabic)
The Divine Peace which dwells in a sanctuary or in the heart. (more)
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salaf
    (Language:   Arabic)
"The pious forbears" (more)

sama
    (Language:   Arabic)
Audition, hearing. (more)
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Sayyidna Isa
    (Language:   Arabic)
“Our Lord Jesus.” (more)
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secularism
    (Language:   English)
The worldview that seeks to maintain religion and the sacred in the private domain (more)

Shadhili
    (Language:   Arabic)
(name) a Sufi (male), born 1196, died 1252. (more)
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shahadah
    (Language:   Arabic)
Testimony. (more)
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shariah
    (Language:   Arabic)
The sacred, revealed Law. (more)
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shaykh
    (alternate spellings:  cheikh, shaikh, sheikh)
    (Language:   Arabic)
a term of respect for an elder, a chieftain, a scholar; in esoteric Islam, the head of a Sufi Order (more)
Related Terms: pir

Shi‘ism
    (Language:   Arabic)
(Derived from the Arabic word Shī‘ī, meaning "party" or "sect".) The smaller of the two major branches of Islam, comprising about fifteen percent of Muslims. (more)

shughl
    (Language:   Arabic)
"work"; in Sufism, spiritual exercise or effort. (more)

Shuhud
    (Language:   Arabic)
Consciousness, the quality of witnessing. (more)
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silsilah
    (Language:   Arabic)
Chain. (more)
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Sirr
    (Language:   Arabic)
Secret, mystery. (more)
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sufi
    (Language:   Arabic)
Sufi: adherent of Sufism. (more)
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Suhrawardi of Alep
    (Language:   Persian)
A Persian Sufi, died 1191. (more)
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sunna
    (alternate spellings:  sunnah)
    (Language:   Arabic)
Wont; the model established by the Prophet Muḥammad, as transmitted in the ḥadīth. (more)

Sunnism
    (Language:   Arabic)
(Derived from the Arabic word sunna.) The larger of the two main branches of Islam. (more)
Related Terms: sunna

sura
    (alternate spellings:  surah)
    (Language:   Arabic)
A chapter or division of the Koran (more)

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