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Sufism is a mystic tradition that found a home in Islam encompassing a diverse range of beliefs and practices dedicated to Allah/God, divine love and sometimes to help a fellow man. Tariqas (Sufi orders) may be associated with Shi'a Islam, Sunni Islam, other currents of Islam, or a combination of multiple traditions. It has been suggested that Sufi thought emerged from the Middle East in the eighth century, but adherents are now found around the world. Some Sufis have also claimed that Sufism pre-dates Islam and some groups operate with only very tenuous links to Islam.

Sufism is neither a new religion nor a cult, neither a doctrine nor a dogmatic institution. Perhaps one could say that Sufism is the same religion of the heart that has always been, ever since wisdom was wisdom. Esoteric schools can be traced as far back as the time of Abraham, and even earlier.

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The Conference of the Birds (Persian: منطق الطیر, Mantiq at-Tayr, 1177) is a book of poems in Persian by Farid ud-Din Attar of approximately 4500 lines. The poem uses a journey by a group of 30 birds, led by a hoopoe as an allegory of a Sufi sheikh or master leading his pupils to enlightenment.

Besides being one of the most beautiful examples of Persian poetry, this book relies on a clever word play between the words Simorgh — a mysterious bird in Iranian mythology which is a symbol often found in Sufi literature, and similar to the phoenix bird — and "si morgh" — meaning "thirty birds" in Persian.

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Shaikh Muhammad Alawi al-Maliki
Shaikh Muhammad Alawi al-Maliki

Dr. Al- Sayyid Muhammad ibn Alawi ibn Abbas al-Maliki (1947 - 2004) was a prominent Islamic scholar from Saudi Arabia. He was born in Mecca to a family of reputed scholars who, like himself, taught in the Sacred Mosque.The Maliki family is one of the most respected families in Makkah and has produced great scholars, who have taught in the Haram of Makkah for centuries. With his fathers instruction, he also studied and mastered the various traditional Islamic sciences of Aqidah, Tafsir, Hadith, Fiqh, Usul al-fiqh, Mustalah, Nahw …etc at the feet of other great scholars of Makkah, as well as Madinah, all of whom granted him full Ijazah (certification) to teach these sciences to others. Some of the scholars from whom he obtained ijazahs and chains of transmission from include: Shaikh Muḥammad Zakarīyā al-Kāndahlawī, Shaikh Ahmad Mashhur al-Haddad, Shaikh Hasanain Makhlouf, Dya al-Din al-Qadiri, and numerous others.

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  • ...that a version of Sufism is practiced by non Muslims too.
  • ...that Sufi whirling is a devotional dance by Sufis of the Mevlevi Order.
  • ...that a sizeable population in central Asia, Southern Russia and Indonesia becam Muslim solely due to the missionary work of Sufi tariqas.
  • ...that the Naqshbandi order is the only major order in Sufism which traces its spiritual lineage to Muhammad through Abu Bakr and not through Ali.
  • ...Martin Lings a well known writer about Sufism also investigated the spirituality of Shakespeare.
  • ...Gohar Shahi was the first ever Muslim Spiritual Leader who was invited by people of all faith in their places of worships.
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“ Many Adams came into this world, at the same time
and in different places. All the Adams were made in the
world with clay from this world except the last Adam who
is buried in Arabia. He was the only one made in paradise
with clay which was also from paradise. With the exception
of this Adam the angels did not bow down before any other Adam.
Satan became the enemy of the descendants of this Adam.		 ”
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Tasawwuf (Sufism)
Ideas:
Ihsan • Noor • Maqaam • Haal • Manzil • Yaqeen • Fanaa • Baqaa • Haqiqa • Marifa • Nafs • Sulook • Lataif Cosmology • Kashf • Metaphysics • Psychology • Tajalli • Philosophy
Practices:
Dhikr • Hadhra • Muraqaba • Qawwali • Sema • Whirling
Sufi orders:
Early Known Sufis:
Uwais Qarni • Muhasibi • Rabia • Bayazid • Junaid • Dhun-Nun • Hallaj • Abolkheir • Ghazali • Kharaqani • Jilani • Moinuddin • Suhrawardi • Rifa'i • Bakhtiar Kaki • Baba Farid • Ibn Arabi • Shams Tabrizi • Rumi • Saadi • Attar • Shabistari • Nizamuddin Auliya • Ganj Bakhsh • Baha-ud-Din • Amir Khusro • Nasiruddin Chirag-e-Delhi • Safi  • Nimatullah  • Kubra • Jami • Jazouli • Shah Waliullah • Ata Allah • Kaliyari • Zarruq • Yesevi • Semnani • Alf Sani  • Bhittai • Haddad • Bahu • Sachal • Qalander
Notable Modern Sufis:
Sufi studies:
Aguéli • Almqvist • Burckhardt • Chittick • Corbin • Ernst • Frager • Guénon • Hixon • Lindbom • Lings • Nasr • Schimmel • Sells • Shah • Schuon
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