Tasawwuf (at-Taṣawwuf)

(Language: Arabic)

Short Description: Sufism

Long Description: Designates the whole of the contemplative ways founded on the sacred forms of Islam. By transposition an Arab might speak of “Christian taṣawwuf” or “Jewish taṣawwuf” to indicate the esotericism of the respective traditions.

Sources: Introduction to Sufi Doctrine (by Titus Burckhardt)