maulana
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2ADJ.
against, cantankerous
MAULANA + NOUN
rumi
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noun
A religious scholar, especially in Central and South Asia.
At the end of his long and cantankerous life the maulana had gone against all his high principles. He had gone to a Boston hospital to look for health; he had at the very end entrusted himself to the skill and science of the civilization he had tried to shield his followers from.
A Muslim person in general, especially an extreme conservative.
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2At the end of his long and cantankerous life the maulana had gone against all his high principles. He had gone to a Boston hospital to look for health; he had at the very end entrusted himself to the
WiktionaryHere is a beautiful pair of verses by Maulana Rumi that contains a world of meaning in just a few words.
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