Sufism: Reinterpretation Of Sufi Thought And Practice

Sufism: Reinterpretation Of Sufi Thought And Practice

Author: Fatkhiddin Mansurov
Publisher: UMP Press
ISBN: 9789672226482
Weight: 0.406 kg
Pages: 245pp
Year: 2020
Price: RM56

Sufism is the purification of the heart from immoral habits according to the will to reach eternal happiness and peace, to reach out to the level of maturation in morality through saving the heart from negative things, recognition of own and self thoroughly. The Sufi orders can be defined simply as the systematic form of Sufism. Sufism aims to nourish the metaphysical side of human being. Therefore, the most crucial purpose of Sufism is to provide the flourish of faith in the hearts, in terms of the key principles of the Qur'an and Sunna. In other words, the most attractive, brilliant and wealthy way of sainthood is adhering to Sunna that is following Prophet (PBUH) by concentrating on the prototypical personality of the prophet of Islam. Sufism, which consists of all activities regarding disciplining people's minds and hearts, purifying their spiritual and inward being  from unpleasant feelings and worldly pleasures, and teaching them about the transcience of this world, started to dominate.