Recent Examples on the WebLater critics complained that FitzGerald made extensive use of a translator’s liberties and put things to Omar’s name that a faithful Sufi never would have committed to writing.—Tom Zoellner, SPIN, 9 Apr. 2024 As 13th Century Sufi poet Rumi writes: Pray for a tough instructor
to hear and act and stay within you.—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 12 Mar. 2024 Is water available at hotels? Hotels in the affected areas of Mexico City have arranged for alternative water sources, Dr. Sufi said.—USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2024 The Sufi poet Rumi is credited with something that may help guide your interactions with others.—Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024 She was terrified so her father, whose side of the family has Sufi lineage, sought to reassure her.—Sibani Ram, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2024 In bed, Cyrus conducts conversations with various famous figures, from the Sufi mystic Rumi to Lisa Simpson to Donald Trump.—Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024 Al-Shabab rejects Somalia’s traditional Sufi form of Islam and wants to institute the much harsher Wahhabi rule, originating in Saudi Arabia.—Katharine Houreld, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024 Proof, evidence, testimony In the small city of Gjakova, known for its dervishes of Islam’s mystical Sufi order, sits Kosovo’s most famous private museum: the Qerkezi house, a neat, two-story home adorned with a red-and-black Albanian flag.—Nina Strochlic, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
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