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GLOSSARY<br />

tarāwih˝ supereroga<strong>to</strong>ry ‘prayer <strong>of</strong> rest’<br />

t.arīqa ‘a way’; the Sufi Path; a mystical system or Sufi<br />

school <strong>of</strong> guidance<br />

tas˝awwuf Islamic mysticism, Sufism<br />

t.awāf ritual circumambulation <strong>of</strong> the Ka‘ba or other<br />

shrine<br />

tawājud ecstasy induces by dhikr<br />

tawakkul absolute trust in God<br />

tawh˝ī d the unity <strong>of</strong> God<br />

ta‘wīdh amulet usually prepared in a Sufi centre<br />

tirtha in Hinduism a shrine or a sacred place <strong>of</strong><br />

pilgrimage<br />

‘Umra small pilgrimage <strong>to</strong> Mecca<br />

‘urs ‘wedding’; the festival commemorating the<br />

death <strong>of</strong> a saint<br />

virāhinī the loving woman separated from her beloved<br />

in Indian devotional poetry<br />

wah˝dat al-wujūd the unity <strong>of</strong> Being, existential monism<br />

wah˝dat the unity <strong>of</strong> the witness or phenomena<br />

ash-shuhūd<br />

wajd ecstasy<br />

walāyat terri<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>of</strong> spiritual ‘jurisdiction’, the area<br />

where the power <strong>of</strong> a certain saint is active<br />

walī (pl. awliyā) a saint<br />

waqf (pl. awqāf) pious foundation<br />

wilāyat saintship, concept <strong>of</strong> sanctity<br />

wudű¯’ ritual ablution<br />

zāhid ascetic; one who practices zuhd<br />

z˝āhir exterior, opposite <strong>to</strong> bāţin<br />

zandaqa heresy, atheism<br />

zāwiya ‘a corner’, a small Sufi centre<br />

zindīq an atheist, infidel, heretic<br />

ziyārat ‘visitation’, pilgrimage <strong>to</strong> shrines<br />

zuhd world-denial, renunciation<br />

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