Urdu Dictionary
Urdu · noun · Faith & Sacred History

Barelvi

बरेलवी
Meaning

A follower of the South Asian Sunni movement founded by Ahmad Raza Khan of Bareilly, emphasising love of the Prophet and saint-veneration.

Related words
URDU

Deobandi

A follower of the revivalist Sunni school centred on the Darul Uloom seminary at Deoband in India.

ARABIC

Sunni

A follower of the largest branch of Islam, which upholds the Sunnah of the Prophet and the legitimacy of the first four caliphs.

← Back to the dictionary