How do you use Sufi in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like muslim or moslem, plus the exact meaning.
Sufi in a sentence
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Sufi meaning
A mystic Muslim; a Muslim ascetic; a practitioner of Sufism.
Using Sufi
- The main meaning on this page is: A mystic Muslim; a Muslim ascetic; a practitioner of Sufism.
- Useful related words include: muslim, moslem, mysticism, religious mysticism.
- In the example corpus, sufi often appears in combinations such as: the sufi, of sufi, sufi orders.
Context around Sufi
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 16 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sufi
- In this selection, "sufi" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, century, popular, rifai, order, music and dervishes stand out and add context to how "sufi" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 19th century sufi poet nasir and 20th century sufi shah maghsoud. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sufi" sits close to words such as abusers, aegean and agatha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sufi
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Sufi cosmology and Sufi metaphysics are also noteworthy areas of intellectual accomplishment. (12 words)
Symbols associated with the Sufi Orders The symbolic emblem of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order. (14 words)
There were wonderful contributions from Christian Science, Sufi Muslim, Buddhist, Baha’i and others. (14 words)
According to Dr. Alan Godlas of the University of Georgia's Department of Religion, a Sufi Order or tariqa known as the Uwaysi is "very active", having been introduced in the West by the 20th century Sufi, Shah Maghsoud Angha. (40 words)
After its world premiere in Copenhagen last month, Rolf Hind’s opera on the life and poetry of the Sufi mystic Rumi with a libretto by Dante Micheaux, comes to London in Frederic Wake-Walker’s staging for Mahogany Opera. (40 words)
He mingled with people from different groups from intellectuals, merchants, preachers, farmers, and ordinary people to Sufi dervishes and even thieves, trying to learn and study and also preach and advise people to gravitate to wisdom and morality. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Sufi whirling (or Sufi spinning) is a form of Sama or physically active meditation which originated among Sufis, and which is still practiced by the Sufi Dervishes of the Mevlevi order.
According to Dr. Alan Godlas of the University of Georgia's Department of Religion, a Sufi Order or tariqa known as the Uwaysi is "very active", having been introduced in the West by the 20th century Sufi, Shah Maghsoud Angha.
According to Sheikh Tarek El-Rifai, head of the Rifai Sufi Order, a number of Salafis have prevented Sufi prayers in Al-Haram.
In 2009 the mausoleum of the 19th century Sufi poet Nasir Ali and an adjoining Sufi prayer house were bulldozed. citation Not all Sufis in Iran have been subject to government pressure.
In November 2007, clashes in the western city of Borujerd between security forces and followers of a mystic Sufi order resulted in dozens of injuries and the arrests of approximately 180 Sufi Muslims.
LTD, p. 144 In a Sufi practice known as dhikr Allah (lit. remembrance of God), the Sufi repeats and contemplates on the name Allah or other divine names while controlling his or her breath.
Popular Sufi culture is centered on Thursday night gatherings at shrines and annual festivals which feature Sufi music and dance.
Some types of dhikr are prescribed for all Muslims and do not require Sufi initiation or the prescription of a Sufi master because they are deemed to be good for every seeker under every circumstance.
Sufi cosmology and Sufi metaphysics are also noteworthy areas of intellectual accomplishment.
Symbols associated with the Sufi Orders The symbolic emblem of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order.
The two were combined by the Sufi al-Rudhabari, who said, "The Sufi is the one who wears wool on top of purity".
The video for the song shows an ecstatic Sufi ritual with many dervishes dancing, Arabic calligraphy and some other Sufi elements.
He mingled with people from different groups from intellectuals, merchants, preachers, farmers, and ordinary people to Sufi dervishes and even thieves, trying to learn and study and also preach and advise people to gravitate to wisdom and morality.
It is indeed possible to have a Sufi reading of all these geopolitical and geoeconomic tectonic plates in motion.
I've seen people go into trance in the context of the 'Aissawa Sufi music, but also popular music, Nass el Ghiwane, for example.
New York-based Pakistani singer-songwriter Arooj Aftab blends traditional Sufi devotional poetry with gentle folk guitar and ambient elements that perfectly cradle her ethereal voice.
On the other hand, he dismisses popular Sufi texts like for being misattributions to their purported authors and therefore unreliable.
There were wonderful contributions from Christian Science, Sufi Muslim, Buddhist, Baha’i and others.
After its world premiere in Copenhagen last month, Rolf Hind’s opera on the life and poetry of the Sufi mystic Rumi with a libretto by Dante Micheaux, comes to London in Frederic Wake-Walker’s staging for Mahogany Opera.
Besides that, we both believe that Sufi music is one of those things that always goes on and is ever-lasting.
Common combinations with sufi
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the sufi 20×
- of sufi 16×
- sufi orders 14×
- sufi order 12×
- sufi saint 8×
- some sufi 6×
- in sufi 5×
- sufi music 5×
- sufi master 5×
- and sufi 5×