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Sufism
By Gaurav Mathur
Sufism
•Sufism is The Mystical tradition in Islam
and can be defined as a practical path
leading to God, learned from and
practiced under the supervision of a
spiritual teacher, generally called a
Murshid or Pir.
•The ulimate goal of the Sufi path is to fight the true Holy
War against the lower self.
•Final goal is annihilation (fana), primarily
of one's own qualities but sometimes one's
entire personality often accompanied by
spiritual ecstasy or “intoxication”.
Fana-fi-Allah - Merger in God
•A Sufi considers God-Experience as real and he sees
God in everything and every thing is God.
•God is macrocosm and man the microcosm - Ocean
and a drop of ocean.
•Man, under the guidance of Murshid treads the
spiritual path of discipline leading to the experience
of Spiritual Truth.
•Condition is called self-annihilation of Murid in
Murshid.
• Hands over to the spiritual influence of the
long-deceased Pir - self-annihilation in Pir.
• From Pir to the Prophet. This is the stage
of self-annihilation in Prophet.
• Final stage he is led to God and becomes
united with Him. Fana-fi-Allah, merger in God.
Stages of Spiritual Development
Several stages of spiritual development or
‘Maqam’ denotes station in the way to realize
God.
One should fulfill the obligations pertaining to
that station.
•Repentance (Tawbat)
•Conversion (Inabat)
•Renunciation (Zuhd)
•Trust in God (Tawwakul).