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Taṣawwuf
(31,497 words)
(a.), the phenomenon of mysticism within Islam. It is the
maṣdar of Form V of the radical
ṣ-w-f indicating in the first place one who wears woollen clothes (
ṣūf ), the rough garb of ascetics and mystics. Other etymological derivations which have been put forward in Western and, especially, Islamic sources, are untenable. Hence a mystic is called
ṣūfī or
mutaṣawwif , colls,
ṣūfiyya or
mutaṣawwifa . 1. Early development in the Arabic and Persian lands. Already among the Companions of the Prophet Muḥammad there were persons who wanted more than just to strive after the out…
Taṣawwuf
(4,152 words)
1. Etymology —
maṣdar of form V, formed from the root
ṣūf, meaning “wool” to denote “the practice of wearing the woollen robe (
labs al-ṣūf)” — hence the act of devoting oneself to the mystic life on becoming what is called in Islām a
ṣūfī. The other etymologies, ancient and modern, proposed for this name of
ṣūfī may be rejected: such are
ahl al-ṣuffa (devotees seated on the “bench” of the mosque at Madīna in the time of the Pruphet),
ṣaff awwal (first row of the faithful at prayer),
banū Ṣūfa (a Beduin tribe),
ṣawfāna (a kind of vegetable),
ṣafwat al-ḳifā (a lock of hair on the nape of the neck),
ṣūfīya …
Taṣawwuf
(32,256 words)
(a.) forme musulmane du mysticisme. Ce mot est le
maṣdar, Ve forme, du verbe
ṣ-w-f, indiquant en premier lieu celui qui porte des habits de laine, vêtement rêche des ascètes et des mystiques. D’autres propositions de dérivations étymologiques avancées en Occident ou, en particulier, dans des sources musulmanes, ne peuvent être acceptées. À partir de cette racine, un mystique est désigné comme un
ṣūfī ou un
mutaṣawwif et le collectif (ou le féminin) donne
ṣūfiyya ou
mutaṣawwifa. 1/ Premiers développements dans les territoires arabes et persans. 2/ Ibn al-ʿArabī et la période suiva…
Source:
Encyclopédie de l’Islam
taṣawwuf
(18 words)
taṣawwuf (A) : ‘the wearing of woolen clothes (
ṣūf)’; the phenomenon of mysticism within Islam. al-Ṭāsa
K̲h̲aṭīʾa
(3,275 words)
(plur.
k̲h̲atāyā et
k̲h̲aṭīʾāt), faute morale, péché, synonyme de
d̲h̲anb (plur.
d̲h̲unūb). La racine
k̲h̲ṭʾ signifie «faillir, buter» (en hébreu:
Proverbes, XIX, 2), «commettre une erreur» (on dit par exemple
ak̲h̲ṭaʾa de l’archer dont la flèche manque le but) [voir Ḵh̲aṭaʾ]. La forme
k̲h̲aṭīʾa apparaît cinq fois dans le Ḳurʾān, et la racine
k̲h̲ṭʾy est d’usage fréquent. Elle groupe les trois sens d’«erreur» (
k̲h̲aṭaʾ, p. ex. XVII, 33), de «faute coupable» (
k̲h̲iṭʾ, p. ex. XVII, 31; cf.
k̲h̲āṭiʿa, XCVI, 16), de «péché» (
k̲h̲aṭīʾa, II, 81, IV, 112, VII, 161, XXVI, 82, LXXI, 2…
Source:
Encyclopédie de l’Islam
Baṣra
(36,737 words)
Baṣra, a province and historic city in south-east Iraq.1. GeographyThe province has an area of 20,702 km² (Directory of the Republic of Iraq, 57), the centre of which is the historical town of Baṣra. Baṣra province is bounded by the al-Muthannā (Samāwa) province to the west, by Iran (Khūzistān province) to the east, by Maysān province (ʿAmāra) to the north-east, by the Dhīqār province (Nāṣiriyya) to the north-west, by the Persian Gulf to the south-east, and by Kuwait to the south and south-west. The city…
Source:
Encyclopaedia Islamica
Date:
2021-06-17
ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib
(65,753 words)
ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib, first cousin of the Prophet Muḥammad; first of the Imams for all Shiʿi Muslims—the very term
Shīʿa being derived from the designation
Shīʿat ʿAlī, ‘the supporters of ʿAlī’; fourth and last of the ‘rightly-guided caliphs’ (
al-khulafāʾ al-rāshidūn); son-in-law of the Prophet through marriage to Fāṭima; father of the Prophet’s only surviving grandsons, al-Ḥasan and al-Ḥusayn, and thus forebear of all the descendants of the Prophet, referred to as the spiritual ‘nobility’ (the
shurafāʾ, sing.
sharīf; or
sādāt, sing.
sayyid, lit. ‘lord’) of the Muslim community.…
Source:
Encyclopaedia Islamica
Date:
2021-06-17
ḳawwāl
(18 words)
ḳawwāl Zad̲j̲d̲j̲āl ḳawwālī a type of (sung) poetry known on the subcontinent. Taṣawwuf; mystical chants. Walī
tas̲h̲ahhud
(19 words)
tas̲h̲ahhud (A) : the recitation of the Islamic affirmation of faith, especially in the Ṣalāt. Ṣalāt; Taṣawwuf
Ibn Muḥammad al-Gallādī
(12 words)
Works 1.
Q. fī ’l-taṣawwufMS: Timbuktu (CEDRAB), 2409
Date:
2017-03-02
ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Ḥamīd al-Sūqī
(14 words)
Works 1.
Manẓūma fī ’l-taṣawwufMS: Timbuktu (CEDRAB), 2500.
Date:
2017-03-02
