SUFI POETRY IN SOMALI

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JIBRIL: the angel who lS believed to have been the medium

of the revelation of the Quran to the Prophet.

Khadiija Faarax Maxamuud: a Somali poetess and an authority

on sitaad poetry.

KHIOR: the name of a popular figure in the Islamic tradition

who is believed to have been given immortality and who

acts as the supreme master of the Sufis.

LITT: according to Islam, LITT was a prophet sent to the city
of Sodom.
IvlA.:JRIB: an ancient town in southwest Arabia. According to
Islamic tradition, this ancient city, with its surrounding

walls, towers and massive dams, was destroyed by an army

of blind rats which dug out the foundations of the
lmpressive buildings and reduced them to rubble.
Maxamed Cabdulle Xasan: see Sayid Maxamed Cabdulle Xasan.
Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac: a Somali teacher, poet and author of
articles on Somali scansion.
MUtLAtvIMAD AD-DANDARAWI: the founder of the DANDARAWIYYAH Order;
he introduced it in Somalia in 1885.
MU~IAI'!IMJ.D ~ALII;I: a pupil of ~ffiv:1ED B. IDRIS and founder of

the SALIH.. IYYAH Ordex.

MUNKAR: name of one of the two angels who examine the dead

and decide whether they should be punished in their

tomb's. 'The name of the other angel is NAKIR.

Muqdisho, the Somali form of the name of the capital of

,Somalia, (Mogadishu) •

NAMRUD: according to Islamic tradition, NAi'vIRUD was the

legendary figure who threw IBRAlffM (Abraham) into a

fiery furnace. He rejected IBRAHIM's God and decided

to challenge Him in ILLS domain. However, his efforts