{"collection":"Texts of Islam","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_isl_isl23_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_isl_isl23_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_isl_isl_isl23_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/isl/isl23.htm","summary":"Despite the claims of the Law, another aspect of Islam has been almost equally important for the rank and file of the faithful--this is \u1e60\u016bfism: mysticism, as it is usually translated. The \u1e60\u016bf\u012bs are those Muslims who have most sought for direct personal experience of the Divine. While some of them have been legalists of the most fundamentalist stamp, their emphasis on direct religious experience has more often led the \u1e60\u016bf\u012bs into tension with the legalists, and their attitude toward the Law has\u2026","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"Islam: Chapter Four: \u1e60\u016bfism: The Interior Religion of the Community: Introduction","tradition":"Texts of Islam","translated_text":null,"word_count":268}