RLGA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: The Sufis, English Poetry, The Roots
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Mysticism: mystics- relationship with the divine, seeking some sort of. Sufism as an example of mysticism- might have been raised in a family of what it means to be a muslims, and another might not be. Innovation something that has been added on to the tradition and not seen as the authentic part of the tradition. The sufi"s are legal experts of spirituality, athletic and such. The suf"s will trace quranic passages and connect it the idea of god is everywhere and all knowing. Sufi interpretation everywhere you look god is there but we don"t have the power to be aware of it [being asleep]. Sufism is banned in the contemporary world in some parts of the world. Mohammad becomes models for all the people but also the most perfect of the sufi. We have prophets and are certainly someone who has prestigious connections and reputations. For the sufi tradition, friends of god is the idea of the saints .
