faqir
Wandering Islamic mystic
A faqir is a Muslim ascetic or mendicant, particularly in South Asia, who renounces worldly possessions and lives on alms.
The term sometimes extends to Hindu holy men with similar practices.
Faqirs may be wandering beggars or members of Sufi orders devoted to spiritual disciplines.
Also spelled fakir.
Sufi order member
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- illuminationProvision of light
- meditationFocused attention practice
mysticism · esoteric · gnosis · tariqa · ecstasy · vision · trance · whirling
Person choosing total seclusion
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
- self-denialRestraining one's own desires
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
mendicant · wanderer · celibacy · discipline · restraint · solitude · recluse · anchorite
Earnest desperate requesting
- almsGifts to the destitute
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
- povertySevere lack of resources
- homelessnessLacking permanent residence
bowl · charity · subsistence · itinerant · pilgrimage · dependence · humility · doorstep
State of being canonized
- pietySincere religious devotion
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- sanctityQuality of being inviolable
blessing · veneration · shrine · miracle · intercession · tomb · pilgrimage · prayer
dervish
Sufi order member
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- illuminationProvision of light
meditation · mysticism · esoteric · gnosis · tariqa · ecstasy · vision · trance · whirling · spiritual union
hermit
Person choosing total seclusion
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
- self-denialRestraining one's own desires
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
abstinence · mendicant · wanderer · celibacy · discipline · restraint · solitude · recluse · anchorite · monasticism
begging
Earnest desperate requesting
homelessness · bowl · charity · subsistence · itinerant · pilgrimage · dependence · humility · doorstep · offerings
sainthood
State of being canonized
sanctity · blessing · veneration · shrine · miracle · intercession · tomb · pilgrimage · prayer · worship
- Scrabble Wordsaa, ax, em, en, er
- asceticsascetic, ascetics, hermit, hermits, recluse
- holy wandererswandering monk, itinerant preacher, pilgrim, mendicant, sadhu
- mendicantsFranciscan, Dominican, Carmelite, Augustinian, friar
- South Asian religionIslam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Jainism
- Sufismtariqa, fana, sufi, Sufism, dervish
faqirmillionaire
Person possessing great wealth
billionaire · plutocrat · rich man · magnate · tycoon
faqirmaterialist
Values physical over spiritual
hedonist · sensualist · sybarite · epicurean · worldling