many orthodox Muslims. Similar to other Sufi doctrines, Fana is also based on first-party Islamic teachings. Specifically, the Quran says: "All things in...
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Islamic schools and branches have different understandings of Islam. There are many different sects or denominations, schools of Islamic jurisprudence...
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Sufism (redirect from Sufi Islam)
a mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic purification, spirituality, ritualism, and asceticism...
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Jahannam (redirect from Hell in Islam)
referred to as fanāʾ al-nār. Thomassen writes that "several types of concerns" weigh "against the idea of an eternal hell in Islamic thought": belief...
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Islam is the most practiced religion in Turkey. As much as 99% of the population follows the Sunni Madhab of Islam. Most Turkish Sunni Muslims belong to...
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In Islam, "the promise and threat" (waʿd wa-waʿīd) of Judgement Day (Arabic: یوم القيامة, romanized: Yawm al-qiyāmah, lit. 'Day of Resurrection' or Arabic:...
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Tawhid (redirect from Oneness of God (Islam))
romanized: tawḥīd, lit. 'oneness [of God]') is the concept of monotheism in Islam. Tawhid is the religion's central and single most important concept, upon...
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Wali (redirect from Saints in Islam)
to one of the names of God in Islam, Allah – al-Walī (الْوليّ), meaning "the Helper, Friend". In the traditional Islamic understanding, a saint is portrayed...
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brought into Islam. A person who tries to interpret Islam through rationalist philosophy was called a faylasuf (فيلسوف), "philosopher". Fanā' (فناء) Sufi...
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seeking to create a new demographic environment in which Shia Islam would replace Sunni Islam as the nation's religious majority. Over the course of the...
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forced to apologise after describing one such celebration by player Karim Ait-Fana for French side Montpellier against Schalke in the Champions League as "eating...
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political parties espousing Islamic identity or political Islam in various approaches under the system of Islamic democracy. Islamic democracy refers to a political...
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Alevism (redirect from Alevi Islam)
incorporating some traditions from Tengrism. Differing from Sunni Islam and Usuli Twelver Shia Islam, Alevis have no binding religious dogmas, and teachings are...
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Islam New York: St. Martins Press. ISBN 186064760X. p. 90. Gleave, Robert (2011). Islam and literalism: Literal meaning and interpretation in Islamic...
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poor, belief in human brotherhood, the oneness of God, and the concept of Fana. David Hardiman notes that Gandhi's garb was similar that of Sufi pirs and...
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Pir (Sufism) (redirect from Islam Pir)
reverence for five pirs Newby, Gordon (2002). A Concise Encyclopedia of Islam (1st ed.). Oxford: One World. p. 173. ISBN 1-85168-295-3. Renard, John (2009)...
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Dervish (category Islamic honorifics)
Dervish, Darvesh, or Darwīsh (from Persian: درویش, Darvīsh) in Islam can refer broadly to members of a Sufi fraternity (tariqah), or more narrowly to...
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Sama (Sufism) (redirect from Sema (Islamic term))
is "selfless expression"-an experience of "fanaa". Fanaa (Arabic: فناء fanāʾ ) in Sufism is the "passing away" or "annihilation" of the self. Sema is...
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Unlike other Sufis, the Shattariyya do not subscribe to the concept of fana (annihilation of the ego). "With the sect of Shattaris, the Salik (seeker...
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to Imam Mahdi. Notably, Noorbakhshia stands out among Sufi orders within Islam for its foundational principles deeply rooted in the teachings of the Aima...
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Nūr (Arabic: النور) is a term in Islamic context referring to the "cold light of the night" or "heatless light" i.e. the light of the moon. This light...
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al-'iyān, a treatise on the orthodox interpretation of the Sufic ideal of Fana. Of other books written by Sheikh Ali Hujwiri: Kashf al-Asrār, a short Persian...
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Yusef Lateef (category Converts to Islam)
record label YAL Records, Lateef owned Fana Music, a music publishing company. He published his own work through Fana, including Yusef Lateef's Flute Book...
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Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (redirect from Shaykh ul Islam Dr. Muhammad Tahir ul Qadri)
(Urdu: محمد طاہر القادری; born 19 February 1951) is a Pakistani–Canadian Islamic scholar and former politician who founded Minhaj-ul-Quran International...
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Tazkiyah (redirect from Sanctification in Islam)
Tazkiyah (Arabic: تزكية) is an Arabic-Islamic term alluding to tazkiyat al-nafs, meaning 'sanctification' or 'purification of the self'. This refers to...
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Muslim conquests of Afghanistan (redirect from Afghanistan from the arrival of Islam until the Durrani)
progeny". The ensuing campaign was called the "Army of Destruction" (Jaish al-Fana'). However, it ended disastrously for the Arabs. Al-Baladhuri's account on...
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Karamat (redirect from Miracles of the Saints (Islam))
literally 'marvels of the friends [of God]')" has been a part of Sufi Sunni Islam. This is evident from the fact that an acceptance of the miracles wrought...
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Nafs (category Islamic terminology)
an important concept in the Islamic tradition, especially within Sufism and the discipline of gnosis (irfan) in Shia Islam. The word "nafs" is derived...
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Mahdawi movement (redirect from Mahdavi Sect of Islam)
The Mahdawi movement, also called Mahdavia or Mahdavism, is an Islamic movement founded by Syed Muhammad Jaunpuri in India in the late 15th century. Syed...
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(ikhlas), and contemplation (muraqaba) respectively; contemplation produces fana. Junayd spend 40 years in his mystic course praying while sacrificing his...
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