Question

what is the meaning of khanqah

Answer 1

A khanqah or khaniqah, also known as a ribat – among other terms – is a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood, or tariqa, and is a place for spiritual retreat and character reformation. 

Answer 2

Answer:

Meaning of 'Khanqah' خانقاہ = Khana +Qah. Actually it is Khana+ Gah. Khana means -house, ghar . Gah= place or jagah.

Explanation:

khana has been abbreviated to Khan and Gah's *g* has been changed to Q and hence made another word Khan+Qah= khanqah. And that implies a religious community for a sufi. Or on the other hand a sufi's religious community. Likewise taken in the sense, individuals connected to that religious community's thought. Or on the other hand connected to sufi of the cloister's thought.

Khanqah is a structure planned explicitly for social occasions of a Sufi fellowship or tariqa and is a spot for otherworldly retreat and character reconstruction. Previously, and less significantly these days, they frequently filled in as hospices for saliks (Sufi voyagers), Murids (starts) and talibs(Islamic understudies). Khanqahs are regularly viewed as abutted to dargahs (places of worship of Sufi holy people), mosques and madrasas (Islamic schools).

A khanqah or khaniqah, otherwise called a ribat - among different terms - is a structure planned explicitly for social occasions of a Sufi fellowship, or tariqa, and is a spot for otherworldly retreat and character reconstruction. Previously, and less significantly these days, they frequently filled in as hospices for Sufi voyagers and Islamic understudies.

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