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Sufism is a mystic body of religious practice found within Islam that focuses on purification, spirituality, ritualism, and asceticism. It emerged early on in Islamic history and has influenced various forms of spirituality in the West and generated significant academic interest.
12 wrz 2024 · Sufism, mystical Islamic belief and practice in which Muslims seek to find the truth of divine love and knowledge through direct personal experience of God.
Sufism is an experiential approach to the Divine, based on the principles of Islam and the character of the Prophet Muhammad. It is a tradition of enlightenment that aims to realize the unity of being and the essential Self, through remembrance and love of God.
Sufism is the mystical and inner dimension of Islam, originating from a group of people who listened to the Prophet's teachings in Medina. It is a journey of personal transformation, seeking the essential unity and the manifestation of the Divine, with many schools, orders, and terminologies.
12 wrz 2024 · Sufism is the mystical dimension of Islam that seeks to realize the unity of God and the soul. Learn about its history, philosophy, practices, and saints from Britannica's experts.
12 wrz 2024 · Today in the West, Sufism is popularized, but the genuinely and authentically devout are aware that it requires strict discipline, and that its goal can be reached—if at all—as they say, only by throwing oneself into the consuming fire of divine love.
As situated within the Islamic tradition, Sufism refers to the active process of discovering, developing, and actualizing certain spiritual verities within one's own person, normally in hopes of achieving an intimate, unmediated, or unitive encounter with God, who alone is the true ground of existence and the “really real.”
