The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2050 page)

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ah
ba
.
The Companions of the Prophet
Mu
ammad
. They have high status in Islam, because of their role in establishing
ad
th
—in two senses:
(i) their own sayings and actions are recorded; and
(ii) they were the witnesses of what Mu
ammad said and did.
Sahaj
(Pañj
b
, ‘easy’). Ultimate, blissful state experienced by the spiritually disciplined. Gur
N
nak
frequently used ‘sahaj’, a term employed by the
N
th
yog
s, for the inexpressible mystical union reached through devoted
n
m
simaran.

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