Sufi Islam

GPTKB entity

Statements (73)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Sufism
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Sufism
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:poetry
Sufi shrines
whirling dervishes
zikr circles
spiritual music
gptkbp:celebrates gptkb:festival
urs
gptkbp:coreBelief spiritual closeness to God
gptkbp:criticizedFor some Salafi scholars
some orthodox Sunni scholars
gptkbp:emphasizes inner purification
love of God
remembrance of God
gptkbp:follower murid
gptkbp:goal annihilation of the self (fana)
subsistence in God (baqa)
union with God
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sufi Islam
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Hadith
gptkb:Quran
early ascetics
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Abdul_Qadir_Gilani
gptkb:Abu_Hamid_al-Ghazali
gptkb:Al-Ghazali
gptkb:Baha-ud-Din_Naqshband
gptkb:Bayazid_Bastami
gptkb:Fariduddin_Attar
gptkb:Hasan_al-Basri
gptkb:Ibn_Arabi
gptkb:Jalaluddin_Rumi
gptkb:Junayd_of_Baghdad
gptkb:Rabia_al-Adawiyya
gptkb:Rumi
gptkb:Shams_Tabrizi
gptkb:Suhrawardi
gptkbp:order gptkb:Bektashi
gptkb:Chishtiyya
gptkb:Mevlevi
gptkb:Naqshbandiyya
gptkb:Qadiriyya
gptkb:Shadhiliyya
gptkb:Suhrawardiyya
gptkb:Tijaniyya
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Middle_East
8th century
gptkbp:practicedIn gptkb:meditation
gptkb:music
gptkb:poetry
gptkb:ritual
asceticism
dhikr
sama
gptkbp:religiousLeader murshid
pir
sheikh
gptkbp:sacredText gptkb:Hadith
gptkb:Quran
Sufi poetry
treatises on mysticism
gptkbp:spreadTo gptkb:Central_Asia
gptkb:North_Africa
gptkb:South_Asia
gptkb:Southeast_Asia
gptkb:Sub-Saharan_Africa
gptkb:Turkey
gptkbp:teaches haqiqa (ultimate reality)
marifa (gnosis)
sharia (Islamic law) as foundation
tariqa (spiritual path)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ellen_Burstyn
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5