Ghurab

Posted on 04/01/2012 by marina

GHURAB غراب
Lit. “A crow.” Ghurabu ‘l-Bain; “The crow of separation.” A term used by the Sufi mystics for a certain state of separation from God. (‘Abdu r-Razzaq’s Dict. Of Sufi Terms.)

Based on Hughes, Dictionary of Islam

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