A Journey with Muslim Mystics
by Omid Safi
You!
Always traversing the world
Searching…
Tell me:
What benefit has come of it?
That
Which you are seeking
Is with you;
And you seek
Elsewhere? (‘Ayn al-Qozat)
Consistent with seeking the Divine inside their own being, the Sufis of the Path of Love consistently valued spiritual experience over theoretical knowledge. It is important to point out that they did not wish to abolish theoretical knowledge; indeed, they themselves have left some of the richest theoretical works in all of Islamic history. Rather, they wished to emphasize that ultimately it is personal experience that will lead one down the path, not theoretical knowledge.
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