Question
Ruzbihān Baqlī and Awḥad al-Dīn Kermānī defended the practice of meditating on people who [emphasize] lacked these features from conservative critics like ‘Alī al-Hujwīrī. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these features [emphasize] lacked by people who symbolize Allāh’s beauty in controversial Ṣūfī meditation practices called naẓar ilā’l-murd (“NAH-zer ill-el-MURD”) or shahīdbāzī (“shah-heed-BAH-zee”).
ANSWER: beards [or mustaches, facial hair, liḥyā, or other types of facial hair; prompt on hair]
[10e] Ṣūfīs tried to experience the divine form of this concept, or ‘ishq, by meditating on beardless boys and on beautiful women. First Corinthians calls this concept “patient” and “kind.”
ANSWER: love [or ḥubb; accept divine love; accept agapē or erōs; reject “philia” or “storgē”]
[10m] Arabic term required. The Ṣūfī master Bayezid Bisṭāmī was known for meditating on Fāṭima of Nishapur’s beauty and for recounting one of these events. During another of them, Moses lowered the number of daily prayers.
ANSWER: al-Mi‘rāj [prompt on descriptions of visiting heaven or ascending to jannah; prompt on dreams, ḥulm, minām, or ru’yā; prompt on Night Journey or ’isrā’ by asking “what event immediately followed the ’isrā’?”] (The Mi‘raj of Bisṭāmī is frequently referenced by ‘Aṭṭār. Fāṭima of Nishapur was Bisṭāmī’s teacher.)
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