Tariqa
school or order of Sufism From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tariqa (or tariqah; Arabic: طريقة ṭarīqah) is an Islamic term to describe the spiritual path of a Sufi. The Sufi will take this path to get to the knowledge of Allah. In a broader sense, it is the name for a group of Muslims following such a path. This group is called Sufi order. It has a murshid (guide) who plays the role of leader or spiritual director. The members or followers of a tariqa are known as muridin (singular murid), meaning "desirous", viz. "desiring the knowledge of God and loving God" (also called a faqir). Tariqa is also believed to be the same as Tzadik of Judaism meaning the "rightly guided one". They seek haqiqa, which translates as "ultimate truth".
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The first tariqas were founded in the 12th and 13th century and many of them still exist today. The head of a tariqa is called a sheikh, the disciples are called dervishes.
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