Episode 128 Quiz
Welcome to the quiz for Episode 128: Early Sufism. See what you remember about some of the early generations of Sufi thinkers who lived from 850-920 by “START” below!
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Above all things, early Sufis sought:
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The conservative preacher Ghulam Khalil led a persecution of Sufis in Baghdad in 877. What happened?
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The word “Sufism,” or “tasawwuf” in Arabic, comes from the Arabic word for:
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What differentiated Sufism from comparable ascetic movements focused on union with a cosmic oneness?
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The Sufi history we spent most of this episode covering took place between:
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The early Sufi teacher Abu’l-Husayn al-Nuri believed that he heard the voice of God in:
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The Sufi sage al-Hallaj was executed in 922. He is reported to have said:
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The most prominent early Sufi teacher was:
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The final Sufi sage we covered in this episode, al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi, lived in what is today:
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In Sufism, a “silsila” is:
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The Sufi doctrine of fana means:
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Sufism emerged during the:
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A common explanation for the emergence of Sufism during the 700s and 800s is that early Sufis were reacting to:
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Why did Sufism flourish closer to the mainstream of Islam than Gnosticism did within Christianity?
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Modern Sufi orders trace their instructional lineage back to:
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