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Pir (Sufism) and Spirituality

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Difference between Pir (Sufism) and Spirituality

Pir (Sufism) vs. Spirituality

Pir or Peer (پیر, literally "old ", "elder") is a title for a Sufi master or spiritual guide. Traditionally, spirituality refers to a religious process of re-formation which "aims to recover the original shape of man," oriented at "the image of God" as exemplified by the founders and sacred texts of the religions of the world.

Similarities between Pir (Sufism) and Spirituality

Pir (Sufism) and Spirituality have 2 things in common (in Unionpedia): Shia Islam, Sufism.

Shia Islam

Shia (شيعة Shīʿah, from Shīʻatu ʻAlī, "followers of Ali") is a branch of Islam which holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib as his successor (Imam), most notably at the event of Ghadir Khumm.

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Sufism

Sufism, or Taṣawwuf (personal noun: ṣūfiyy / ṣūfī, mutaṣawwuf), variously defined as "Islamic mysticism",Martin Lings, What is Sufism? (Lahore: Suhail Academy, 2005; first imp. 1983, second imp. 1999), p.15 "the inward dimension of Islam" or "the phenomenon of mysticism within Islam",Massington, L., Radtke, B., Chittick, W. C., Jong, F. de, Lewisohn, L., Zarcone, Th., Ernst, C, Aubin, Françoise and J.O. Hunwick, “Taṣawwuf”, in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, edited by: P. Bearman, Th.

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Pir (Sufism) and Spirituality Comparison

Pir (Sufism) has 22 relations, while Spirituality has 244. As they have in common 2, the Jaccard index is 0.75% = 2 / (22 + 244).

References

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