Sūrat al-Furqān (q.v.) and v.20 of the lights in that philosopher's hierarchy of 'llāh al-Rahmān al-Rahīm which means : Sūrat al-Rahman (q.v.) ), and also acquired a specialist meaning in the philosophy of such Islamic mystical philosophers as al-Suhrawardī (q.v.). Here it may be translated as 'isthmus': one such isthmus, associated with the heavenly spheres, was emanated by each of (q.v.) by God. Sūrat al-Baqara (q.v.) in the Qur'ān. (See also Ahwāl; Maqāmāt; Qabd.) al-Bastāmī, Abū Yazīd See al-Bistāmī, Abū Yazīd. Ba'th (Ar.) (1) Resurrection; (2) Sending: (1) Pre-Islamic Arabia believed that the souls of the dead lived on in some kind of

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Sūrat al-Furqān (q.v.) and v.20 of the lights in that philosopher's hierarchy of 'llāh al-Rahmān al-Rahīm which means

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Sūrat al-Rahman (q.v.) ), and also acquired a specialist meaning in the philosophy of such Islamic mystical philosophers as al-Suhrawardī (q.v.). Here it may be translated as 'isthmus': one such isthmus, associated with the heavenly spheres, was emanated by each of (q.v.) by God. Sūrat al-Baqara (q.v.) in the Qur'ān. (See also Ahwāl; Maqāmāt; Qabd.) al-Bastāmī, Abū Yazīd See al-Bistāmī, Abū Yazīd. Ba'th (Ar.) (1) Resurrection; (2) Sending: (1) Pre-Islamic Arabia believed that the souls of the dead lived on in some kind of

ABSTRACT

Bektāshiyya Highly syncretic Turkish sūfi (q.v.) order whose beliefs and practices include elements drawn from Christianity. It is named after the 7th/13th century sūfī Hājjī Bektāsh. The order gained political influence under the Ottomans (q.v.) but was suppressed by Atatürk (q.v.). The main centre of the Bekt shiyya today is in Albania. {See Baba; Dede; Tasawwuf.)

Belief See 'Aqīda; Dīn; Īman.