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Arif is a person who learns and understands with the power of intuition and deep experience thanks to moral and spiritual purification.

Irfan (Arabic/Persian/Urdu: عرفان; Turkish: İrfan), literally ‘knowledge, awareness, wisdom’, is a concept in Islamic mysticism akin to gnosis, or spiritual knowledge.

Arabic umrah, a voluntary “minor” Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca that can be performed year-round, distinct from the annual Ḥajj.