Sufism

Sufism is a term used a lot in many Muslim countries. Some wroship the Sufis some dance around the shrines of Sufis, some claim themselves as sufis, some believe having mirvana living in a rather unconventional state is Sufism. However the Sufism is some beyond that. Sufis not not fortune tellers nor they will help any one to achieve any wordly comforts.

Sufism is the simplest form of knowledge “Search of God” that knowledge it is.

in Arabic Sufism is called ?????? – ta?awwuf, in Persian: ???????? sufigari, in Turkish tasavvuf, Sindhi Punjabi & Urdu: ????) Sufism is usually thought to be a sect of Islam it is also a misconception. Sufism is universal it is the love of the creator and this can be in any one having any religion.

Since Islam gave people independence to think beyond religion people started experimenting and hence some wise ones actually attained the very transint state of being and not being.

Everyone knows where he is
I know not where I stand;
Guides and books there many are,
And they are close at hand-
But I, do seek the distant land
Where ‘yes’ and ‘no’are not.

It is generally said that Sifism is the inner, mystical dimension of Islam. A peson who practices this tradition is known as a ??f? (???????), Although it must me mentioned that Sufi was reserved only for those who have attained a partucular state of mind. Another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish.

Classical Sufi scholars have defined Sufism as “a science whose objective is the reparation of the heart and turning it away from all else but God.” Alternatively, in the words of the renowned Morocan Darqawi Sufi teacher Ahmad ibn Ajiba, “a science through which one can know how to travel into the presence of the Divine, purify one?s inner self from filth, and beautify it with a variety of praiseworthy traits.”

During the primary stages of Sufism, Sufis were characterised by their particular attachment to dhikr “remembrance [of God]” and asceticism. Sufism arose among pious Muslims as a reaction against the worldliness of the early Umayyad Caliphate (661-750 CE). The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish and a dozen other languages.[6] ?uruq “Orders”, either Sunn? or Sh??? in doctrine, trace their origins from the Islamic Prophet Muhammad through his cousin ?Al?, or from Abu Bakr.

According to some modern proponents, such as Idries Shah, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature, its roots predating the arising of Islam and the other modern-day religions; likewise, some Muslims feel that Sufism is outside the sphere of Islam, although some scholars of Islam contend that it is simply the name for the inner or esoteric dimension of Islam