Sufism

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Islamic mysticism religious tradition spiritual path

Sufism is the mystical and spiritual dimension of Islam that emphasizes inner purification, direct experience of the divine, and a path of love and devotion to God.

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Observed surface forms (13)

Surface form	Occurrences
Islamic mysticism	2
Sufi Islam	2
Sufi orders	2
Bektashi Islam	1
Chishtiyya	1
Naqshbandiyya	1
Qadiriyya	1
Sindhi Sufi Islam	1
South Asian Sufism	1
Sufi Muslims	1
Sufi communities	1
Sufis	1
Sunni Sufism	1

Statements (84)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic mysticism ⓘ religious tradition ⓘ spiritual path ⓘ
aimsAt	annihilation of the ego ⓘ nearness to God ⓘ spiritual realization ⓘ union with the divine will ⓘ
associatedWith	asceticism ⓘ ethical refinement ⓘ mystical experience ⓘ spiritual guidance ⓘ
coreConcept	baqaʼ ⓘ dhikr ⓘ fanaʼ ⓘ ihsan ⓘ maʿrifa ⓘ suluk ⓘ tawhid ⓘ tazkiyat al‑nafs ⓘ walaya ⓘ
emphasizes	devotion to God ⓘ direct experience of God ⓘ inner purification ⓘ love of God ⓘ remembrance of God ⓘ
geographicDistribution	Asia Minor ⓘ surface form: Anatolia Central Asia ⓘ Middle East ⓘ North Africa ⓘ South Asia ⓘ Sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ surface form: Sub‑Saharan Africa
hasInstitution	dargah ⓘ khanqah ⓘ tariqa ⓘ tekke ⓘ zawiya ⓘ
hasNotableFigure	Abd al‑Qadir al‑Jilani ⓘ Ibn Arabi ⓘ Rumi ⓘ surface form: Jalal al‑Din Rumi Rabia al‑Adawiyya ⓘ al‑Ghazali ⓘ al‑Hallaj ⓘ al‑Junayd ⓘ
hasOrder	Sufism self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chishtiyya Mevleviyya ⓘ Sufism self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Naqshbandiyya Sufism self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Qadiriyya Shadhiliyya ⓘ Suhrawardiyya ⓘ
hasRole	murid ⓘ pir ⓘ qutb ⓘ shaykh ⓘ wali ⓘ
hasText	Sunnah ⓘ surface form: Hadith Quran ⓘ Sufi manuals ⓘ Sufi poetry ⓘ
historicalDevelopment	10th century ⓘ 8th century ⓘ 9th century ⓘ
historicalOrigin	early Islam ⓘ
influenced	Islamic art ⓘ Islamic ethics ⓘ Islamic literature ⓘ Islamic music ⓘ Islamic philosophy ⓘ
languageOfExpression	Arabic ⓘ Bengali ⓘ Persian ⓘ Punjabi ⓘ Turkish ⓘ Urdu language ⓘ surface form: Urdu
religion	Islam ⓘ
usesPractice	dhikr ⓘ khalwa ⓘ muraqaba ⓘ music ⓘ poetry recitation ⓘ sama ⓘ whirling dance ⓘ zikr circles ⓘ
viewOnSharia	affirms Islamic law ⓘ seeks inner meaning of sharia ⓘ

Referenced by (56)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mevleviyya → basedOn → Sufism ⓘ

Kashmiris → cultureInfluence → Sufism ⓘ

Rabia al‑Adawiyya → denomination → Sufism ⓘ

subject surface form: Rabia al-Adawiyya

Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai → denomination → Sufism ⓘ

Sindhi people → ethnicReligion → Sufism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sindhi Sufi Islam

Rumi → fieldOfWork → Sufism ⓘ

qutb → guides → Sufism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sufi orders

Islamic world → hasCulturalContribution → Sufism ⓘ

Islam → hasMysticalTradition → Sufism ⓘ

Sufism → hasOrder → Sufism self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Qadiriyya

Sufism → hasOrder → Sufism self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Naqshbandiyya

Sufism → hasOrder → Sufism self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chishtiyya

Persian literature → hasReligionContext → Sufism ⓘ

Ottoman culture → hasReligiousPractice → Sufism ⓘ

al‑Ghazali → influenced → Sufism ⓘ

subject surface form: Al-Ghazali

Ibn Arabi → influenced → Sufism ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Asian Sufism

Din-i Ilahi → influencedBy → Sufism ⓘ

Islamic philosophy → influencedBy → Sufism ⓘ

Kazi Nazrul Islam → influencedBy → Sufism ⓘ

Punjabi literature → influencedBy → Sufism ⓘ

The Perennial Philosophy → influencedBy → Sufism ⓘ

qutb → influencedTradition → Sufism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sunni Sufism

Multan → majorReligiousTradition → Sufism ⓘ

Bosniaks → minorReligion → Sufism ⓘ

Abd al‑Qadir al‑Jilani → movement → Sufism ⓘ

subject surface form: Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

Ahmet Yesevi → movement → Sufism ⓘ

Hafez → movement → Sufism ⓘ

Ibn Arabi → movement → Sufism ⓘ

Rumi → movement → Sufism ⓘ

Sachal Sarmast → movement → Sufism ⓘ

Yunus Emre → movement → Sufism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic mysticism

Zeb-un-Nissa → movement → Sufism ⓘ

al‑Hallaj → movement → Sufism ⓘ

subject surface form: al-Hallaj

al‑Junayd → movement → Sufism ⓘ

subject surface form: al-Junayd

Mawlid → observedBy → Sufism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sufi communities

Islamic philosophy → relatedTo → Sufism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic mysticism

Dara Shikoh → religion → Sufism ⓘ

Hafez → religion → Sufism ⓘ

Kists → religion → Sufism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sufi Islam

Xoraxane Roma → religion → Sufism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bektashi Islam

Yunus Emre → religiousBranch → Sufism ⓘ

Chechnya → religiousTradition → Sufism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sufi Islam

Ingush → religiousTradition → Sufism ⓘ

Suhrawardiyya → religiousTradition → Sufism ⓘ

qutb → religiousTradition → Sufism ⓘ

Ahl al-Bayt → reveredBy → Sufism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sufi Muslims

pir → usedInTradition → Sufism ⓘ

qutb → veneratedBy → Sufism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sufis

Abd al‑Qadir al‑Jilani → veneratedIn → Sufism ⓘ

subject surface form: Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani