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Bathen
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
(Ibn el- Bathen, i.e. "inner science"), in Mohammedanism, is the inner, spiritual life, which consists in the purification and enlightening of the heart. The mystical sects among them call the practice of this inner life Tharikat and Habikat, i.e. the way and the truth.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Bathen'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​b/bathen.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.