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GLOSSARY<br />

ī mān faith, creed<br />

inkār al-kasb severing the acquisitive bonds<br />

‘irfān Gnosis<br />

‘ishā the evening prayer<br />

ishrāq illumination<br />

ism name; al-ism al-a‘z˝am: ‘<strong>The</strong> greatest Name <strong>of</strong><br />

God’<br />

isnād chain <strong>of</strong> transmitters <strong>of</strong> a prophetical or<br />

mystical tradition<br />

istidrāj miracle worked by evil powers<br />

ittih˝ād identification <strong>of</strong> the divine and human natures<br />

jamā‘at khāna assembly-hall or a Sufi convent<br />

Jāmi‘ a Friday mosque<br />

jāmi‘ as-salāsil a Sufi initiated in two or more orders<br />

jhandā a flag<br />

jubba a long gown with full sleeves<br />

juwāliq a mendicant dervish<br />

kāfī Sindhi and Punjabi lyrical verse form<br />

kāfir infidel, non-<strong>Muslim</strong><br />

kalām word, speech, poetical work<br />

karāmāt grace, miracle-work <strong>of</strong> saints<br />

(pl. <strong>of</strong> karāma)<br />

kashf disclosure, uncovering, taking away <strong>of</strong> the veil<br />

khalīfa deputy, the leader <strong>of</strong> a branch <strong>of</strong> an order<br />

khalwat seclusion, retreat<br />

khalwat dar solitude in a crowd<br />

anjuman<br />

khānqāh a Sufi cloister<br />

khatm al-wilāya the seal <strong>of</strong> sanctity<br />

khawās˝s˝ elect, privileged<br />

khilāfat-nāma a document given by a shaikh <strong>to</strong> prove the<br />

authority <strong>of</strong> his khalīfa<br />

khirqa a patched garment <strong>of</strong> a dervish<br />

khuţba homily delivered at the Friday prayers<br />

khwāja master, teacher<br />

kufr infidelity<br />

kulāh a conical hat worn by dervishes<br />

Kumbhkāmelā a fair held by Hindus every twelfth year in<br />

(kumbha: a particular <strong>to</strong>wns (so called because the sun is<br />

water-pot; a then in Aquarius)<br />

sign <strong>of</strong> Aquarius)<br />

langar public kitchen attached <strong>to</strong> Sufi shrines<br />

mah˝būb ‘beloved’, part <strong>of</strong> the title <strong>of</strong> high ranking Sufis<br />

madhab Sunni juridical school<br />

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