member of a Muslim mystical order, 1650s (earlier Sufian, 1580s), from Arabic sufi, literally "man of wool" (i.e., "man wearing woolen garments," as opposed to silk), from suf "wool." According to Klein, so-called from the habit of "putting on the holy garment" (labs-as-suf) to devote oneself to mysticism. Related: Sufic.
例文
1. Once it happened that a Sufi was brought to me.
一度、蘇非教徒が私のところに連れて来られた。
2.The tombs of masters and saints,Gongbei,are major places of worship for the Sufi orders.
ソフィー門吏にとって、メンターと聖徒の墓は、北に向かって、尊敬する重要な場所である。
3.The depth of Sufi mysticism arouses fear among orthodox Muslims,generating hostile criticism.
ソフィーの深い神秘主義は伝統的なイスラム教徒の心配を引き起こし、敵意の批判を生んだ。
4.Suicide bombers a deadly attack a Sufi shrine in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore.
パキスタン東部の都市ラホールにあるソフィー派神殿が自爆テロに遭った。
5.Ibn Arabin was a very famous scholar in Islamic history and a Sufi Sheih.