Sufism

Oh sorry my apologies I didnt mean to offend you.

Hopefully if you read the book it will change your book when you get to know who he really was. I wish you the best, may Allah bless you ;)

Peace... blessed Eid and Holiday season, y'all...

"No no no. This is a sect which links itself to Islam but is very far away
from Islam. Beware of such things. "

Rubbish. Even a wiki of Sufism is a more sober step towards an answer -
which is to say, towards 'answers' and not 'an answer' regarding such a
complicated and involved a subject.

For myself, I am currently reading the works of Ibn Arabi - which is a
dense read but rewarding once you have read (and are familiar with) the
Holy Quran. Rumi can awaken you to something of the sufi experience,
the sufi adventure.

I live in a country absolutely swimming with Islamic brotherhoods, most
of which could be called sufi - if they were more into wasting time with
taxonomy than actively loving God.


As far as your reservations on the second part of the shahada, you aren't
alone to say the least.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quran_Alone

There is a list of people at the bottom of that page two very different
viewpoints on what our relationship to the prophet should be, to give you
a balanced view.

Kay, with love and respect, if you still haven't read the Quran you are
getting way, way ahead of yourself.   The new translation by Thomas
Cleary has come out to fantastic reviews...


God help us all,

Jamal Morelli

In end I would also like to tell you sister that gaining Allah is better than losing the entire world. And heaven is better than everything this world can give you and everything it has. Allah is much more dearer than your or my friends for that matter. There comes a time in everyones life where has has to make critical decisions, to be or not to be, that is the question.