Some of these include: husayniyas ( also known as ashurkhanas, imambaras, matams or tekiyas ) used by Ithna ‘ Ashari Shi ‘ i communities ; ' khanaqas, ribats, tekkes and zawiyas used by mystically-oriented Muslim communities commonly referred to as Sufis ; the cemevi of the Turkish Alevis ; and the majlis and khalwas of the Druze.

Some of these 28 stories ( which include " The Marriage ") recreates an infinite present accurate as illogical us into the unsettling whirl of dreams ".

Some way ''.

Some tore entirely through the whipsawed post oak.

Some gracefully soared from the backs of their wounded, screaming mounts to make one last defiant charge before the lead split their hearts or tore their guts.

Some of the ruddiness was gone from his face and he stared at Ramey.

Some odor made him lean over the man.

Some chaps that know an area well can make their way by landmarks, a tree here, a wash here, a boulder there.

Some look deliberately to devices used by creators in the other arts and apply corresponding methods to their own work.

Some painters have less interest in the experience of the moment, with its attendant urgencies and ambiguities, than in looking beyond the flux of particular impressions to a higher, more serene level of truth.

Some let dances take their form from the experience of creation.

Some people object to this in my writing.

Some of the earlier episodes have touches of the supernatural, as suited to the legendary background.

Some forms of capitalism do indeed work -- superb organizations, a credit to any society.

Some of us might be inclined to argue, in fact, that an independence of mind and action and an intolerance of regimentation, either mental or physical, are particularly Southern traits.

Some years ago Julian Huxley proposed to an audience made up of members of the British Association for the Advancement of Science that `` man's supernormal or extra-sensory faculties are ( now ) in the same case as were his mathematical faculties during the ice age ''.

Some even say that this is the reason for the ultimate acceptance of the former.

Some of the children of the family could not pronounce this name and called her Paula, a soubriquet Carl liked so much she has been Paula ever since.

Some are fishing, some driving the team, and many are sitting indolently on the banks of the river.

Some years later the bank handling the Mercer liquidation received a check for $300,000, enough to clear up the debt.

`` Some guys bothered me '', Mercer has said.

Some of the Hetman's `` ideas '' were dream-ridden, vaguely imparted, and at times preposterous.

Some preferred Judge Alton B. Parker of New York.

Some historians have found his point of view not to their taste, others have complained that he makes the Tory tradition appear `` contemptible rather than intelligible '', while a sympathetic critic has remarked that the `` intricate interplay of social dynamics and political activity of which, at times, politicians are the ignorant marionettes is not a field for the exercise of his talents ''.

Some students from the University returned around six with a large pot containing enough hot soup to last me a week.

Some, she knew, looked upon Thompson almost as a saint, but others read in `` The Hound Of Heaven '' what they took to be the confessions of a great sinner, who, like Oscar Wilde, had -- as one pious writer later put it -- thrown himself `` on the swelling wave of every passion ''.

Some people thought he lacked both ability and character, but most agreed that he was noble in appearance and, for a Russian, humane.

' For Sufis, this means devotion to others through complete forgetfulness of one's own concerns.

There are, however, certain esoteric and mystical schools of thought, present in many faiths — Sufis in Islam, Gnostics in Christianity, Advaitan Hindus, Zen Buddhists, as well as several non-specific perspectives developed in new age philosophy — which hold that all humans are in essence divine, or unified with the Divine in a non-trivial way.

The Mewlewī Sufis, also known as Whirling Dervishes, believe in performing their dhikr in the form of Sama.

According to Ellenblum's interpretation the inhabitants of the Kingdom ( Latin Christians living alongside native Greek and Syrian Christians, Shia and Sunni Arabs, Sufis, Bedouin, Turks, Druze, Jews, and Samaritans ) all had major differences between each other as well as with the crusaders.

While recuperating at Youpon Dunes, a home owned by Elizabeth Patterson, in Myrtle Beach, he worked on the charter for a group of Sufis, which he named Sufism Reoriented.

At the end of this sahavas Meher Baba gave the completed manuscript of his book God Speaks to two attending American Sufis, Lud Dimpfl and Don E. Stevens, for editing and publication in America.

The Sufis were practitioners of the esoteric mystic traditions within an Islam at certain point sufism defined by the sufi master or Pir ( Sufism ) or fakeer or Wali in the language of the people by dancing and singing and incorporating various philosophies, theologies, ideologies and religions together.

see many more famous sufis here List of Sufis.

Sufis believe they are practicing Ihsan ( perfection of worship ) as revealed by Gabriel to Muhammad, " Worship and serve Allah as you are seeing Him and while you see Him not yet truly He sees you.

Classical Sufis were characterised by their attachment to dhikr ( a practice of repeating the names of God ) and asceticism.

Sufis have spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish and a dozen other languages.

Modern Sufis often perform dhikr after the conclusion of prayers.

Sufis generally hold to a much more inclusivist and tolerant view of other faiths and religious systems than traditional Sunni and Shi ' a Islam.

Beside followers of Sikhism, Guru Nanak is revered by Hindus and Muslim Sufis across the Indian subcontinent.

Besides arguing that Arlequin be a character of Sufi origins, Idries Shah also wrote a chapter of The Sufis on the sufi influence over Saint Francis, arguing him having adopted the patched robe as his only garment was a clear example of a sufi influence ( Shah, I.

The Sufis The Octagon Press: 1999 p. 228 )

A major campaign against hashish-eating Sufis was conducted in Egypt in the 11th and 12th centuries resulting among other things in the burning of fields of cannabis.

The Sufis greatly depend on the use of ta ' til in their spirituality, though they often also use Cataphatic theology.

The practice of khalwah is regularly followed by the Sufis, with the permission and the supervision of a Sufi authority.

The Sufis base the assigning of forty days of khalwa period on the forty days Allah had appointed for Musa ( Moses ) as a fasting period before speaking to him, as mentioned in different chapters in the Qur ' an.

The Lyab-i Hauz ensemble, surrounding the pond on three sides, consists of the Kukeldash Madrasah ( 1568 – 1569 ), the largest in the city ( on the north side of the pond ), and of two religious edifices built by Nadir Divan-Beghi: a khanaka ( 1620 ), or lodging-house for itinerant Sufis, and a madrasah ( 1622 ) that stand on the west and east sides of the pond respectively.

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan () ( October 13, 1948 – August 16, 1997 ), a renowned Pakistani musician, was primarily a singer of Qawwali, the devotional music of the Sufis.

Pakistan: Vocal Art of the Sufis, Vol 2-Qawwali.