The term Sufism was derived from the .............
APersian word
BTurkish word
CSanskrit word
DArabic word
Answer:
D. Arabic word
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Sufism
The Sufis rejected luxurious life and gave importance to spiritual life.
The term Sufism was derived from the Arabic word
Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti, Nizamuddin Auliya, etc. Were the propagators of Sufism.
The Sufi Movement played a major role in the development of the Urdu language. Urdu was formed by the hybridization of Arabic, Persian and the Indian languages (Hindi and Sanskrit).
Many Sanskrit texts including the Ramayana and the Mahabharata were translated into Persian during that period. Akbar had a department exclusively for this. It was Dara Shukoh, the son of Shah Jahan, who translated the Upanishads and the Atharva Veda into Persian