RELS 226 Lecture Notes - Tariqa, The Perfect Human, Sharia

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELS 226
• Professor: Sayeh Meisami

Document Summary

Associated with spiritual meaning and path it is not a sect. It s about the meaning and beyond what we just see. Sufism is not about form, but about the content. Critics concerned that this goes against the idea of religion. It s not just believing with their mind but feeling with their heart. The quran and the prophet as sources. Ali as inspiration he is the first imam. It is believed that he is the very meaning of prophecy the closest one to get to god. Feels that we should always be remembering god and that he should always be present in our minds. Everything in the world is a manifestation of god. The significance of the night journey because it was a symbol of the soul it s not just about the journey of one person to heaven, it opened the gates to heaven for everyone.