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Mystical form of teleportation in Islam ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Tay al-Arḍ ( Arabic : طيّ الأرض , romanized : folding up of the earth or "traveling long distances in the twinkling of an eye." ) is the name for thaumaturgical teleportation in the mystical form of Islam and Islamic philosophy . The concept has been expressed as "traversing the earth without moving"; some have termed it "moving by the earth being displaced under one's feet". It is a concept widely familiar to the Shī‘īs and Sufis , each group having a different interpretation of it. Step by step up to union with God: life, thought and spiritual journey of Jalal-al-Din Rumi .
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Tayy al-Arḍ ( "folding up of the earth") is the name for thaumaturgical teleportation in the mystical form of Islamic religious and philosophical tradition. The concept has been expressed as "traversing the earth without moving"; some have termed it "moving by the earth being displaced under one's feet". It is a concept widely familiar to the Sunnis , Shī‘īs and Sufis , each group having a different interpretation on it.
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Tayy al-Arḍ ( "folding up of the earth" or "covering long distances in the twinkling of an eye" ) is the name for thaumaturgical teleportation in the mystical form of Islamic religious and philosophical tradition. The concept has been expressed as "traversing the earth without moving"; some have termed it "moving by the earth being displaced under one's feet". It is a concept widely familiar to the Shī‘īs and Sufis , each group having a different interpretation on it. Step by step up to union with God: life, thought and spiritual journey of Jalal-al-Din Rumi .
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( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Tayy al-Arḍ ( or "covering long distances in the twinkling of an eye" ) is the name for thaumaturgical teleportation in the mystical form of Islam and Islamic philosophy . The concept has been expressed as "traversing the earth without moving"; some have termed it "moving by the earth being displaced under one's feet". It is a concept widely familiar to the Shī‘īs and Sufis , each group having a different interpretation of it. Step by step up to union with God: life, thought and spiritual journey of Jalal-al-Din Rumi .
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name for thaumaturgical teleportation in the mystical form of islamic religious and philosophical tradition
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name for thaumaturgical teleportation in occult traditions of islam
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