ASPECTS OF BARAKA (BLESSINGS) AND RITUAL DEVOTION AMONG MEDIEVAL MUSLIMS AND JEWS.

Highlights a number of aspects of the rituals of saint veneration which Muslims and Jews in the medieval Islamic Near East performed. What necessitated the invocation of venerable copies of the Qur'an as well as making pilgrimage to tombs of holy men; Supreme manifestation of baraka, which means bl...

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Published in:	Medieval Encounters Vol. 5; no. 1; pp. 48 - 72
Main Author:	Meri, Josef W.
Format:	Article
Published:	Brill Academic Publishers 1999
Subjects:	Commemoration of saints Worship (Islam)
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