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... Sufi mysticism , the occult flower of Islam . Already many centuries old in its development through Arab countries and Persia , Sufism now flourished in an India which from time immemorial had evolved its own Hindu mysticism . Two ...
... Sufi mysticism , the occult flower of Islam . Already many centuries old in its development through Arab countries and Persia , Sufism now flourished in an India which from time immemorial had evolved its own Hindu mysticism . Two ...
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... Sufi order , hidden behind veiled metaphors of love and wine . Ever since the martyrdom of the mystic Hallaj in A.D. 922 , Sufis in the East had been wary of charges of heresy . But Dara Shikoh would prove indiscreet . By a grave de ...
... Sufi order , hidden behind veiled metaphors of love and wine . Ever since the martyrdom of the mystic Hallaj in A.D. 922 , Sufis in the East had been wary of charges of heresy . But Dara Shikoh would prove indiscreet . By a grave de ...
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... Sufi mystics of medieval times , beauty in any form constituted a transcendent embodiment of God the Creator . Abhai Chand now became a Hindu Apollo , a sym- bol of the godhead ; and in the Sufi trance which makes no distinction between ...
... Sufi mystics of medieval times , beauty in any form constituted a transcendent embodiment of God the Creator . Abhai Chand now became a Hindu Apollo , a sym- bol of the godhead ; and in the Sufi trance which makes no distinction between ...
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A Note on Dates and Names | 9 |
Day of Vengeance | 22 |
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