Sufism Flashcards
Ishan
Spiritual perfection
The Gabriel Hadith
“Ishan is to worship god as if you can see him”
JAC Browns 3 levels in Gabriel Hadith
Faith - basic articles
Submission - rituals
Perfection - Ishan, remembrance
Dhikr
Remember God Edith Frequent remembrance - Sura 33
Seyyed Hossien Nasr
Dhikr
There is no upper limit in how frequently one should remember God
Tazkiyat al-nafs
Purifying the soul
Seyyed Houssien Nasr
Tazkiyat al nafs
Ridding oneself of negative character traits to develop positive character traits
Sober Sufis
Awe of God
Baqa - persistence of self
Do not believe in unity of the self and God
Sober sufi
Al Junayd
There is always a distinction between the self and God
A Sufi can be close to god but not united
Duty is to serve community
Drunken Sufism
Unity with god
Fana - annihilation of the self
Ecstatic utterances - Shatahat
Ecstatic utterances
“I am the truth” Hallaq
Was imprisoned and killed
Mojeddedi on awilaya
Friends of God are protected, can perform miracles, receive messages
Waines on awilaya
Friend of god - united with god
States
Temporary
Effect emotions
Stations
Permanent
Earnt through efforts like repentance
Al Hujwirir
On states and stations
Station belongs to the category of acts, state to the category of gifts”
Qushayri
On states and stations
The states are gifts, the stations are earnings
Tariqa
The path to Sufism
Shaykh
Sufi master
Master disciple relationship
Shaykh supervises
Disciples pledge loyalty to shaykh
Shaykh appoints successor
Forms chain of authority
Crits
Master disciple relationship
Often shakyhs seen as living saints - saints not mentioned in Quran
Their graves are worshipped - worshipping someone that is not God??
Rumis song of the Reed
Red taken from the reed bed to be made into a flute
Highlights yeh spiritual journey back to God
Rumis song of the reed
Separation from God
“Uprooted me”
Rumis song of the reed
Separation from God
Chittick
The spirit suffers pain as it’s trapped in physical world
Rumis song of the reed
Suffering, longing for God
“All yearn for union”
Rumis song of the reed
Suffering, longing for God
Mojaddedi
Reed symbolises the mystic who feels a sting sense of separation from his origin of God
Rumis song of the reed
Purification
“Be cleansed of greed”
Rumis song of the reed
Purification
Chittick
Through purification man becomes free
Rumis song of the reed
Divine Love
“Love, our sweetest bliss is you”
Rumis song of the reed
Divine Love
Mojeddedi
The soul is consumed and united with God
