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Great Sphinx of Giza and Khanqah

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Difference between Great Sphinx of Giza and Khanqah

Great Sphinx of Giza vs. Khanqah

The Great Sphinx of Giza (translit,, The Terrifying One; literally: Father of Dread), commonly referred to as the Sphinx of Giza or just the Sphinx, is a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human. A khanqah or khaniqah (also transliterated as khankahs, khaneqa, khanegah or khaneqah (خانقاه)), also known as a ribat (رباط) – among other terms – is a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood or tariqa and is a place for spiritual retreat and character reformation.

Similarities between Great Sphinx of Giza and Khanqah

Great Sphinx of Giza and Khanqah have 1 thing in common (in Unionpedia): Sufism.

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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Great Sphinx of Giza and Khanqah Comparison

Great Sphinx of Giza has 168 relations, while Khanqah has 37. As they have in common 1, the Jaccard index is 0.49% = 1 / (168 + 37).

References

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