Batiniyya is a pejorative term to refer to those groups, such as Alevism, Ismailism, and often Sufism, which distinguish between an inner, esoteric (Batini) level of meaning in the Qur'an, in addition to the outer, exoteric level of meaning Zahiri. Batini ta wil is the name given to the exegesis of the esoteric knowledge which rests with the Imam, or with the Shaykh/Pir in Sufism.

See also

• Alevism
• Bektash' yyah, another group focusing on Batin and Zahir
• Druze
• Esoteric interpretation of the Qur'an
• Ism l
• Niz r Ism ' l
• Nusayr' yya
• Qarmatians
• Sufism

References

External links

• Glossary of Ismaili terms, at The Institute of Ismaili Studies

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