There are, however, certain esoteric and mystical schools of thought, present in many faiths — Sufis in Islam, Gnostics in Christianity, Advaitan Hindus, Zen Buddhists, as well as several non-specific perspectives developed in new age philosophy — which hold that all humans are in essence divine, or unified with the Divine in a non-trivial way.

The Sufis were practitioners of the esoteric mystic traditions within an Islam at certain point sufism defined by the sufi master or Pir ( Sufism ) or fakeer or Wali in the language of the people by dancing and singing and incorporating various philosophies, theologies, ideologies and religions together.

The document announced that there was now an opportunity for the transmission of " a secret, hidden, special, superior form of knowledge "; combined with the personal impression Bennett formed of Shah, it convinced Bennett that Shah was a genuine emissary of the " Sarmoung Monastery " in Afghanistan, an inner circle of Sufis whose teachings had inspired Gurdjieff.

According to the Islamic Sufis conscience allows Allah to guide people to the marifa, the peace or " light upon light " experienced where a Muslim's prayers lead to a melting away of the self in the inner knowledge of God ; this foreshadowing the eternal Paradise depicted in the Qur ’ ān.

The great knowledge of the Sufis and their utter renunciation of this world and of everything other than Allah testify to their inno ¬ cence from these terrible accusations, therefore we prefer to dismiss such accusa ¬ tions and consider that their statements are true realities in the way they expressed them.

According to Hadith which is narrated by Shia and Sufis, Muhammad told about him " I'm the city of knowledge and Ali is its gate ..." Muslims regard Ali as a major authority on Islam.

‘ Alī ibn Mūsā al-Riḍā () ( commonly known as, ‘ Alī al-Riḍā, Ali Rezā, or Ali Rizā ) ( December 29, 765 – August 23, 818 ) was the seventh descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the eighth of the Twelve Imams, according to Shia sect of Islam as well as an Imam of knowledge according to the Zaydi Shia school and Sufis.

For him, as well as many other Sufis, love was realized knowledge.

So he deepened his knowledge in this field, by reading about the ten ways of Sufism, what derived from them and the biography of top Sufis.

It appears in his book The Sufis as a quotation from A History of Secret Societies by Arkon Daraul ( a probable pseudonym of Shah ).

In any case it can be taken for granted that from childhood onward ` Attar, encouraged by his father, was interested in the Sufis and their sayings and way of life, and regarded their saints as his spiritual guides .< ref > Ta < u > d </ u > kerat al-Awlīya ; pp. 1, 55, 23 ff </ ref >

Although his heroes are for the most part Sufis and ascetics, he also introduces stories from historical chronicles, collections of anecdotes, and all types of high-esteemed literature.

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All castes can participate, although there is debate between Sufis and legalists about whether novice Sufis and ones more advanced in their faith are capable of achieving the same positive results from sama '.

Sufis believe that Ali inherited from Muhammad the saintly power wilayah that makes the spiritual journey to God possible.

Multan is known as the City of Sufis or City of Saints and Madinat-ul-Awliyah because of the large number of shrines and Sufi saints from the city.

At the same time, Muslim technocrats, bureaucrats, soldiers, traders, scientists, architects, teachers, theologians and Sufis flocked from the rest of the Muslim world to the Islamic Sultanate in Sindh.

Sufis of different orders became his disciples and took ijāzah from him.

It was large in size — nearly 7, 000 hymns, comprising compositions of the first five Sikhs Gurus and fifteen Bhaktas and Sufis from different parts of India, including Sheikh Fariduddin Ganjshakar, Kabir and Ravidas.

Muslim soldiers, traders, architects, theologians and Sufis flocked from the rest of the Muslim world to the Islamic Sultanate in South Asia and some may have settled in the Punjab.

They arrived there from all over the city: Sufis, government people, businessmen, and common people.

He also distinguishes the " mainstream Muslims " that he disapproves of from Sufis and Bahá ' ís.

During his travels, he met with many eminent Sufis, and saw and felt the slow transformation of Sufism from simple asceticism and adoration of God to a highly developed theosophical cult considerably influenced by pantheistic ideas.

Revelation of the Veiled was written in response to the request of one Abu Sa ' eed Al-Hujwiri who put the following questions to him: " Explain to me the true meaning of the Path of Sufism and the nature of the stations ' ( maqamat ) of the Sufis, and explain their doctrines and saying, and make clear to me their mystical allegories, and the nature of Divine Love and how it is manifested in human hearts, and why the intellect is unable to reach the essence thereof, and why the soul recoils from the reality thereof, and why the spirit is lulled in the purity thereof ; and explain the practical aspect of Sufism which are connected with these theories.

With the passage of time, many other tribes namely, Shins, Yashkuns ( Dardic people ), Kashmiris ( known as Khache in local language ), Arabs ( mostly Sayeds ), Persian ( Sufis ) and Turks ( especially Uygurs from central Asia ) made their enroads to Baltistan and gradually merged with the local population.

Muslim technocrats, bureaucrats, soldiers, traders, scientists, architects, teachers, theologians and Sufis flocked from the rest of the Muslim world to Islamic Sultanate and Mughal Empire in South Asia and in the land that became Pakistan.

As in other areas where Sufis introduced it, Islam to some extent syncretized with pre-Islamic influences, resulting in a religion with some traditions distinct from other parts of the Muslim world.

Two descriptions of the hierarchy come from notable Sufis.

In fact, the Malāmatīs are considered, by one of the better known Sufi Masters, Ibn al -' Arabi, as the ultimate Sufis, people whose deep inward piety is concealed not only from the eyes of men but ultimately from themselves, the attachment to the perception of one's own piety constituting a formidable barrier to genuine self-realisation.

Tariqas were brought to China in the 17th century by Ma Laichi and other Chinese Sufis who had studied in Mecca and Yemen, and had also been influenced by spiritual descendants of the Kashgarian Sufi master Afaq Khoja.

' For Sufis, this means devotion to others through complete forgetfulness of one's own concerns.

Sufis have spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish and a dozen other languages.

It has been narrated through more than one source and has be ¬ come well-known to everyone that whoever opposes the Sufis, Allah will not make His Knowledge be ¬ ne ¬ ficial, and he will be inflicted with the worst and ugliest diseases.

There are a number of different Sufi orders that follow the teachings of particular spiritual masters, but the bond that unites all Sufis is the concept of ego annihilation ( removal of the subject / object dichotomy between humankind and the divine ) through various spiritual exercises and a persistent, ever-increasing longing for union with the divine.

The Turks began converting to Islam through the efforts of missionaries, Sufis, and merchants.

The Mewlewī Sufis, also known as Whirling Dervishes, believe in performing their dhikr in the form of Sama.

According to Ellenblum's interpretation the inhabitants of the Kingdom ( Latin Christians living alongside native Greek and Syrian Christians, Shia and Sunni Arabs, Sufis, Bedouin, Turks, Druze, Jews, and Samaritans ) all had major differences between each other as well as with the crusaders.

While recuperating at Youpon Dunes, a home owned by Elizabeth Patterson, in Myrtle Beach, he worked on the charter for a group of Sufis, which he named Sufism Reoriented.

At the end of this sahavas Meher Baba gave the completed manuscript of his book God Speaks to two attending American Sufis, Lud Dimpfl and Don E. Stevens, for editing and publication in America.

Some Sufis whirl.

see many more famous sufis here List of Sufis.

Sufis believe they are practicing Ihsan ( perfection of worship ) as revealed by Gabriel to Muhammad, " Worship and serve Allah as you are seeing Him and while you see Him not yet truly He sees you.

Classical Sufis were characterised by their attachment to dhikr ( a practice of repeating the names of God ) and asceticism.

Modern Sufis often perform dhikr after the conclusion of prayers.

Sufis generally hold to a much more inclusivist and tolerant view of other faiths and religious systems than traditional Sunni and Shi ' a Islam.

Beside followers of Sikhism, Guru Nanak is revered by Hindus and Muslim Sufis across the Indian subcontinent.

Besides arguing that Arlequin be a character of Sufi origins, Idries Shah also wrote a chapter of The Sufis on the sufi influence over Saint Francis, arguing him having adopted the patched robe as his only garment was a clear example of a sufi influence ( Shah, I.

The Sufis The Octagon Press: 1999 p. 228 )

A major campaign against hashish-eating Sufis was conducted in Egypt in the 11th and 12th centuries resulting among other things in the burning of fields of cannabis.

The Sufis greatly depend on the use of ta ' til in their spirituality, though they often also use Cataphatic theology.

The practice of khalwah is regularly followed by the Sufis, with the permission and the supervision of a Sufi authority.

The Sufis base the assigning of forty days of khalwa period on the forty days Allah had appointed for Musa ( Moses ) as a fasting period before speaking to him, as mentioned in different chapters in the Qur ' an.

The Lyab-i Hauz ensemble, surrounding the pond on three sides, consists of the Kukeldash Madrasah ( 1568 – 1569 ), the largest in the city ( on the north side of the pond ), and of two religious edifices built by Nadir Divan-Beghi: a khanaka ( 1620 ), or lodging-house for itinerant Sufis, and a madrasah ( 1622 ) that stand on the west and east sides of the pond respectively.

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan () ( October 13, 1948 – August 16, 1997 ), a renowned Pakistani musician, was primarily a singer of Qawwali, the devotional music of the Sufis.

Pakistan: Vocal Art of the Sufis, Vol 2-Qawwali.