Associations to the word «Ulema»

Wiktionary

ULEMA, noun. (plurale tantum) The guardians of legal and religious tradition in Islam; clerics.

Dictionary definition

ULEMA, noun. The body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community.

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche