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tariqah

In Sufism, the spiritual path toward direct knowledge of God. For early Sufi mystics, the term referred to an individual's spiritual path; later it came to mean the path advocated by a particular school or order of Sufis and then of the order itself. Each mystic order claimed a chain of spiritual descent from Muhammad. Today Sufi tariqah number in the hundreds.
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ISLAMABAD, April 19, 2009 (Balochistan Times) -- The Shia Imami Ismaeli Tariqa and Religious Education Board for Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Peshawar and Mardan Areas (RIPMA) here on Sunday arranged a Mehfil-i-Milad in connection with the birthday anniversary of our beloved Holy Prophet, Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) here at National Library Auditorium.
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