Vair, who was to be revered as a Sufi saint, was noticed in a bazaar because of his deferential bearing by a stranger, who, taking him for a slave, approached and asked, "Are you looking for your master?"
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Sufi
Synonyms for "sufi" (18 found)
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11 entriesMoslemMuslimartistic descriptorcultural descriptorcultural figureintellectualmysticorder memberreligious adjectivereligious figurereligious practitioner
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10 entriesSufi aestheticsSufi ethicsSufi liturgySufi masterSufi musicSufi poetSufi poeticsSufi poetrySufi scholarSufi teacher
Collocations
9 entriesSufi aestheticsSufi ethicsSufi musicSufi mysticismSufi orderSufi philosophySufi poetrySufi shrineSufi tradition
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Some admired the external beauties of the objects they beheld, like the nightingale in love with the roſe; ſome inchanted by the concert around, like Suphys delighting in madneſs, toſſed the cup of exultation into the ſkies[.] [Footnote] Suphys are a sect of mad philoſophers.
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