The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2445 page)
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Taryag Mitzvot
(the total of commands and prohibitions in Torah):
(the total of commands and prohibitions in Torah):
Ta
awwuf
awwuf(Arab., prob. form V
masdar
from
s
f, ‘wool’). Muslim name for the commitment of those known as the
S
f
s
. If this etymology is correct, it may derive from the characteristic woollen garment worn by many early S
f
s. Other etymologies have been proposed (e.g.
ahl al-
uffa
, those regularly sitting on ‘the bench’ of the
mosque
in
Mad
na
;
fiyya
, those who have been purified; Ban
fa; Gk.,
sophos
, ‘wise’, i.e. Sophists—although otherwise the Gk. letter sigma in transliteration becomes s
masdar
from
sf, ‘wool’). Muslim name for the commitment of those known as theS
fs. If this etymology is correct, it may derive from the characteristic woollen garment worn by many early S
fs. Other etymologies have been proposed (e.g.ahl al-
uffa, those regularly sitting on ‘the bench’ of the
mosque
in
Mad
na;
fiyya, those who have been purified; Ban
fa; Gk.,sophos
, ‘wise’, i.e. Sophists—although otherwise the Gk. letter sigma in transliteration becomes s
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