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Rasul

Messenger

Fatwa

legal pronouncement by an Islamic jurist binding only on those who choose to accept it

Qadi

A judge, a legal scholar of Islamic law with the political power to enforce legal decisions

Ulama

scholars who have largely been the arbiters of Islamic jurisprudence since the 19th century

Mullah

a local religious leader

Mahdi

the 'guided one' who many muslims believe will appear along with Jesus toward the end of time to bring justice to the world

Sharia

'path' - islamic law

Tariqa

a sufi order or path; one of the many communities of sufi thought and practice that gather around particular shaykhs and their teachings

Fana

annihilation of extinction of the ego-centered self in sufism to experience the unity of god

Shaykh (Sheikh)

generally any older man in a position of tribal or family authority; in the political sense, it refers to the master of a powerful family; islam in the sufi orders, a shaykh is a spiritual master who guides the novices