SPOTLIGHT
SPOTLIGHT
CONTEMPORARY
SUFIS EXPOSED
Are you being deceived by a fake Sufi?
In this issue of The True Mehdi, we give you His Divine
Eminence Gohar Shahi’s revolutionary formula that will not
only help you to determine whether the person in front of you
is a true Sufi, but it will also allow you to recognise yourself
and test your fate.
W
e’ve already analysed in previous
editions of this magazine the
essentiality of spirituality in
religion - how, without spirituality, the
practice of a religion can never take you to
God or allow you to reach your full potential.
In Islam, the spiritual aspect is known as
Sufism. Historically, Sufis preached tolerance
and love; they were the ones who extended
their friendship to non-Muslims and blessed
all who came to them in search for God. They
fostered understanding between Muslims
and non-Muslims. It is so unfortunate that
in recent years, many people around the
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world were deceived by those falsely
claiming to be Sufi Masters. There
have even been rumours about
‘Sufi’ militants - Islamist terrorists
disguised as Sufis whose sole
purpose is to defame Sufism.
The world seems to be heading
towards an era in which humanity
is being increasingly divided. It
has become more important
than ever for the average person
to have the ability to distinguish
a true Sufi from a false one.
THE ETYMOLOGY OF
SUFISM:
The word ‘Sufi’ is thought to originate
from the Arabic word, ‘safa’, which means
‘purity’. Another theory is that ‘Sufi’
evolved from ‘Ashab-e-Suffah (People of
the Bench)’ which was the title given to
the ascetics of Prophet Mohammad’s own
time.
The Ashab-e-Suffah are regarded as the
first Sufis. They were a group of people who
abandoned their worldly lives in order to
dedicate their days to the loud invocation
of God’s name (Dhikr) in The Prophet’s
Mosque (Masjid-e-Nabawi). They would
spend a majority of their time seated on
a bench engaged in this practice, hence
they were dubbed ‘People of the Bench’.
Their love for Prophet Mohammad and his
teachings have been a major inspiration
for the seekers of the spiritual path who
succeeded them.
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