Baitu’l Quds

Posted on 03/12/2012 by marina

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BAITU ‘L-QUDS بيت القدص.

Lit. “The House of Holiness.” A term used by the Sufis for the heart of the true seeker after God when it is absorbed in meditation. (‘Abdu ‘r-Razzaq’s Dictionary of Sufi Terms.)

Based on Hughes, Dictionary of Islam

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