Arabic · noun · Spirit & the Divine

Qawwali

क़व्वाली

said qaw-waa-lee

also written: Qawwaali

Meaning

Devotional Sufi music sung at shrines to express love and longing for God and the saints.

Literally: utterance, saying (from qaul)

Related words

The Sufi practice of spiritual listening to music and poetry to induce ecstasy.

The shrine complex built over the grave of a Sufi saint, a centre of devotion.

Ecstasy, rapture; the overwhelming of the heart by divine emotion.