The word Tasawwuf is Arabic word which means Islamic mysticism. The western scholars prefer to translate the word Tasawwuf as Sufism.Hujwiri says,” Sufi is a name which is given and has formerly been given to the perfect saint and spiritual adepts. One of the Shayikh says: “Man saffahu ‘l-hubb fa-huwa saf wa man safafahu ‘I – habib fa-huwa sufiyy.” “He that is purified by love is pure, and he that is absorbed in the Beloved and has abandoned all else is a Sufi. ”
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