hikma
(ḥikma)
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Literally, "wisdom." |
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Literally, "wisdom." In the Islamic intellectual tradition it came to denote that form of theosophy which was a synthesis of philosophy, mysticism (or Sufism), and the religious sciences. |
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Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition, edited by Dr. Joseph Lumbard |
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