Reflections of Tasawwuf
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Sufism is the practice of remaining aware of the real presence of God in every circumstance, until Certainty is reached. The dizzying complexity of Sufi metaphysics, the passionate beauty of Sufi poetry, and the profound Sufi science of spiritual psychology, are all based on this. The Sufi Path is the process of spiritual transformation, ultimately resulting (God willing) in self-transcendence, produced by the Certainty of Gods presence.In traditional Muslim society, many different moral, intellectual and spiritual functions were performed by those estates responsible for maintaining them. Parents, imams and grammar school teachers transmitted the fundamental ritual and moral principles of Islamic society. The madrasas took care of such traditional sciences as Quranic exegesis and the study of prophetic ahadith. The schools of fiqh maintained and applied the shariah. The mutakallimiin developed and taught kalam, Islamic scholastic theology. The falasifa or philosophers carried on an intellectual tradition largely inherited from the Greeks. The ishraqiyyun developed a mystical theosophy based on direct spiritual insight. Physicians employed systems of healing derived in part from metaphysics. Poets often transmitted sophisticated spiritual lore; many other traditional craftsmen did the same. The mathematicians, astronomers and other scientists sought to uncover the Signs of God in numbers, in geometrical shapes, and in the heavens. And the alchemists worked on the reconstitution of the original human form (al-fitra) in psycho-physical terms. So when a seeker applied for admittance to a Sufi tariqa, he likely knew his Goal. The lower rungs of the ladder of moral, intellectual and spiritual aspiration were clearly defined and largely taken care of; consequently the aspirant to Sufi initiation could be more certain than he was seeking God Alone. In modern semi-Muslim societies, however, things are not so clear. And as for those Sufi tariqas that have emig
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