Islamic Ritual Zikr [HQ]

"The word 'Sufi', which is derived
from the concept of tassawuf denotes the esoteric
currents in Islam which aim at seeking mystic
union and the experience of the dissolution of the
self in the Divine Essence. These curents appeared
in the ...

"The presence of the singing, which is kept
up throughout the service, is felt under various
aspects comparable to a scale of degrees of
intensity corresponding to the musical de- grees
of the mczqam. This term, which is here taken not
in i...