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Islam: Chapter Four: Ṡūfism: The Interior Religion of the Community: Introduction

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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 Ṡūfism: mysticism, as it is usually translated. The Ṡūfīs 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 Ṡūfīs into tension with the legalists, and their attitude toward the Law has…

Islam: Chapter Four: Ṡūfism: The Interior Religion of the Community: Introduction

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