Sufis in a sentence

Persecution seeAlso Sufis and Sufism has been subject to destruction of Sufi shrines and mosques, suppression of orders, and discrimination against adherents in a number of Muslim countries where most Sufis live.

They said qawwali is actually the hymn-kirtan of Sufis and the aim of qawwali is to create a supernatural feeling of spiritual joy in its listeners.

Through the centuries Sufis contributed hugely to Islamic literature.

Biographical encyclopedia of Sufis By N. Hanif, pg.320 Jalaluddin's son, Shamsuddin Ahmad Shah ruled for only 3 years due to chaos and anarchy.

By focusing on the more spiritual aspects of religion, Sufis strive to obtain direct experience of God by making use of "intuitive and emotional faculties" that one must be trained to use.

Devotional practices Sufi gathering engaged in Dhikr The devotional practices of Sufis vary widely.

For Sufis, this means devotion to others through complete forgetfulness of one's own concerns, where concern for others is rooted to be a demand made by Allah on the human body, considered to be property of Allah alone.

He is referred to by Sufis as Sayyid-ut Taifa—i.

He laid the groundwork for sober mysticism in contrast to that of God-intoxicated Sufis like al-Hallaj, Bayazid Bastami and Abusaeid Abolkheir.

He was imprisoned for 11 years in a Baghdad prison, before being tortured and publicly dismembered on March 26, 922. He is still revered by Sufis for his willingness to embrace torture and death rather than recant.

His style is typical of the genre of lectures given by Sufis and spiritual teachers.

However, the author of the Ḥōḇōṯ Ha-lleḇāḇōṯ did not go so far as to approve of the asceticism of the Sufis, although he showed a marked predilection for their ethical principles.

In 2009 the mausoleum of the 19th century Sufi poet Nasir Ali and an adjoining Sufi prayer house were bulldozed. citation Not all Sufis in Iran have been subject to government pressure.

In his Al-Risala al-safadiyya, Ibn Taymiyya describes the Sufis as those who belong to the path of the Sunna and represent it in their teachings and writings.

In the ninth gate, Baḥya directly quotes sayings of the Sufis, whom he calls Perushim.

Modern Sufis who embrace the idea include Bawa Muhaiyadeen. see his To Die Before Death: The Sufi Way of Life However Hazrat Inayat Khan has criticized the idea as unhelpful to the spiritual seeker.

Officials accused it of not having building permits and of narcotics possession — charges which the Sufis reject.

Sufis consider themselves as the original true proponents of this pure original form of Islam.

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

Sufi whirling (or Sufi spinning) is a form of Sama or physically active meditation which originated among Sufis, and which is still practiced by the Sufi Dervishes of the Mevlevi order.