Question

4. Define Sufism and its major teachings.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Sufism, mystical Islamic belief and practice in which Muslims seek to find the truth of divine love and knowledge through direct personal experience of God.

Answer 2

Sufism, mystical Islamic belief and practice in which Muslims seek to find the truth of divine love and knowledge through direct personal experience of God. It consists of a variety of mystical paths that are designed to ascertain the nature of humanity and of God and to facilitate the experience of the presence of divine love and wisdom in the world.

The main teachings of Sufism are:

(i) There is only one God.

(ii) All people are the children of God.

(iii) To love one's fellow men is to love God.

(iv) Different religions are different ways to reach God.

(v) Devotional music (qawwali) is one way of coming nearer to God.

(vi) Fasts and rituals are not essential to reach God.

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