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Sufism is the mystical branch of Islam in which Muslims seek divine love and truth through direct personal experience of God. [1] This mystic tradition within Islam developed in several stages of growth, emerging first in the form of early asceticism, based on the teachings of Hasan al-Basri, before entering the second stage of more classical mysticism of divine love, as promoted by al-Ghazali ...
Ottoman Dervish portrayed by Amedeo Preziosi, c. 1860s, Muzeul Naţional de Artă al României. The emergence of Sufi thought is commonly linked to the historical developments of the Middle East in the seventh and eighth centuries CE following the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and its development took place throughout the centuries after that.
Sufi cosmology (Arabic: الكوزمولوجية الصوفية) is a Sufi approach to cosmology which discusses the creation of man and the universe, which according to mystics are the fundamental grounds upon which Islamic religious universe is based.
Haqiqa is a difficult concept to translate. The book Islamic Philosophical Theology defines it as "what is real, genuine, authentic, what is true in and of itself by dint of metaphysical or cosmic status", [7] which is a valid definition but one that does not explain haqiqa's role in Sufism.
The Islamic legality of majzoob's position is stated in the Quran in several verses: . Verse 58 of Surah Maryam shows that seeking refuge (Arabic: اجْتِبَاءٌ) and guidance is one of the favors (ni'ma [Wikidata]) of God Almighty over some of His chosen and selected servants, and among them are those who are attracted (majazeeb): [22]
Laṭīfa Khafīya (color black) is the subtle organ that receives spiritual inspiration. It is understood symbolically as “the Jesus of one’s being’, since the prophet Jesus was characteristic of such inspiration. Laṭīfa Ḥaqqīya (color green) is the subtle organ that is the final achievement of spiritual development: the True Ego ...
Kashf al-Mahjub (Persian: كَشف الْمَحجُوب, romanized: Kashf al-Maḥjūb, lit. 'Revelation of the Hidden') was the first formal treatise on Sufism, compiled in the 11th century by the Persian scholar al-Hujwiri.
Western Sufism, [1] sometimes identified with Universal Sufism, Neo-Sufism, [2] and Global Sufism, consists of a spectrum of Western European and North American manifestations and adaptations of Sufism, the mystical dimension of Islam.