The Gulistan Flashcards
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What is Sufism?
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Abandoning earthly desires and retreating from the world to contemplate God
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What is “The Manners of Kings”?
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It is from the Gulistan
It is essentially a collection of moral lessons and short stories
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Sufis?
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Members of a mystical sect within the Islamic religion known as Sufism
Have a particular interest in mystical topics, or matters that are beyond our normal understanding
