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GLOSSARY<br />

majdhūb an enraptured one<br />

majlis (pl. majālis) gathering, assembly<br />

makhdūm ‘one who is served’, the hereditary keeper <strong>of</strong> a<br />

shrine<br />

maktūbāt writings, collection <strong>of</strong> correspondence<br />

malāmat blame, censure<br />

malāmatī one who incurs censure<br />

malfūz.āt collections <strong>of</strong> a saint’s ‘utterances’<br />

manāqib virtues <strong>of</strong> saints, hagiographies<br />

maqām stage or degree on the Sufi Path<br />

maqbara a <strong>to</strong>mb, mausoleum<br />

ma‘rifat mystical intuitive knowledge; one <strong>of</strong> the stage<br />

on the Sufi path<br />

mathnawī poem in rhyming couplets<br />

Maulūd birthday, especially that <strong>of</strong> the Prophet or a<br />

saint<br />

mazār ‘place <strong>of</strong> visitation’, shrine, a <strong>to</strong>mb <strong>of</strong> a saint<br />

melā fair at the <strong>to</strong>mb <strong>of</strong> a saint in connection with<br />

his ‘urs<br />

mih˝rāb a niche in the wall <strong>of</strong> a mosque indicating the<br />

direction <strong>of</strong> prayer<br />

mu’ah˝h˝id one who believes in the Unity <strong>of</strong> God, an<br />

Unitarian<br />

muftī a lawyer authorized <strong>to</strong> promulgate a fatwā<br />

muh˝alla a quarter <strong>of</strong> a <strong>to</strong>wn<br />

mujāhada ‘striving’ along the mystical Path<br />

mujāwir an attendant at a mosque or a shrine<br />

mu‘jiza a miracle-work by prophets<br />

mujtahid the highest authority in jurisprudence<br />

mukāshafa revelation<br />

mulh˝id heretic<br />

munājāt meditations<br />

muqīmān ‘residents’, the inhabitants <strong>of</strong> a khānqāh<br />

murāqaba spiritual communion with a saint or spiritual<br />

guide<br />

muraqqa‘a a patched frock<br />

murīd a disciple, novice<br />

murshid Sufi guide or precep<strong>to</strong>r<br />

mus˝āfah˝a initiation rite <strong>of</strong> handclasp<br />

musāfirān ‘travellers’, those Sufis who are not bound <strong>to</strong> a<br />

particular convent or hospice<br />

mushāhada contemplation<br />

muwallih a group <strong>of</strong> bē-shar‘ dervishes<br />

nafs the lower self, the animal-spirit soul<br />

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