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Quoted from the preface of the Commentary titled ِمَﻛ ِﺣﻟا ِح َرَﺷ ﻲِﻓ مَﻣِﮭﻟا ظﺎﻘﯾإ By ﻲِﻧَﺳَﺣﻟا ﺔَﺑﯾ ِﺟَﻋ نﺑإ For ﺔّﯾِﺋﺎَطَﻌﻟا مﻛﺣﻟا of ي ِرَدْﻧَﻛِﺳﻟا ﷲ ِءﺎَطَﻋ ُنﺑإ
Quoted from the preface of the Commentary titled ِمَﻛ ِﺣﻟا ِح َرَﺷ ﻲِﻓ مَﻣِﮭﻟا ظﺎﻘﯾإ By ﻲِﻧَﺳَﺣﻟا ﺔَﺑﯾ ِﺟَﻋ نﺑإ For ﺔّﯾِﺋﺎَطَﻌﻟا مﻛﺣﻟا of ي ِرَدْﻧَﻛِﺳﻟا ﷲ ِءﺎَطَﻋ ُنﺑإ
ون َو ْﺣﯾﺎ ً
أن ﺗ َ ُﻛ َ
ﷲ ْﺎء ِ
ط ِﻋ َ َﻛﺎ َد ْ
ت ِﺣ َﻛ ُم إﺑ ِْن َ
)Muhammad ibn al-Hassan al-Bannani (1727
ﻗَﻠب – روح – ِﺳ ّر •
ﻣﺣﺑَﺔ – ﻣ ْﻌ ِرﻓَﺔ •
ِﻋﻠم – ِﺣﻛﻣﺔ •
َﻣﻠﻛوت – َﺟﺑَ ُروت •
ﺳﺎ ِﻟك َ -ﻣ ْﺟدُوب •
ﻓَﻧَﺎء -ﺑَﻘَﺎء •
Fiqh – Islam
Ilm al-Kalam – Iman
Tasawwuf - Ihsan
Tasawwuf and Sufism
Orientalists like William Jones (d. 1794) and John Malcolm (d. 1833) advocated that Sufism
is derived from Hindu yoga, Greek philosophy, or Buddhism. This concept of the non-Islamic
character of Sufism widely accepted in Euro-American scholarship ever since, while in Islamic
tradition tasawwuf played a central role.
Introduction of the term Sufism into European languages a classic example of Orientalist
misinformation. Sufism regarded primarily as a radical intellectual doctrine at variance with
what was thought of as the sterile monotheism of Islam.
Tasawwuf is an old word. Some attribute the origin of the word to Imam Ali, who they say
have given an explanation of the meaning of each letter in the word. The word seen in old
literature like that of Junaid al-Baghdadi (210-296), Abu Abd al-Rahman Solami (325-
412/937-1021)
ﺗ َ ْرك, ﺗ َ ْﻘوى, ت = ﺗوﺑﺔ
ﺻﻔﻰ, ﺻ ْدق ِ , ﺻﺑْر َ =ص
ِو ْرد و وﻓﺎء, و = ُو ّد
ﻓَﻧﺎء, ﻓَ ْﻘر, ف = ﻓَ ْرد
Definition of Tasawwuf
ُھو أن ﯾُ ِﻣﯾﺗَك اﻟ َﺣ ﱡﻖ ﻋﻧك وﯾُ ْﺣﯾﯾك ِﺑ ِﮫ •
اﻟﺗﺻوف ﻋﻠم ﯾﻌرف ﺑﮫ ﻛﯾﻔﯾﺔ اﻟﺳﻠوك اﻟﻰ ﺣﺿرة ﻣﻠك اﻟﻣﻠوك •
أن ﺗﻛون ﻣﻊ ﷲ ﺑﻼ ﻋﻼﻗﺔ •
أن ﻻ ﺗﻣﻠك ﺷﯾﺊ وﻻ ﯾﻣ ِﻠ ُﻛك ﺷﯾ ٌ
ﺊ •
إ ْﺳﺗِ ْرﺳﺎل اﻟﻧّ ْﻔ ِس َﻣﻊ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻰ ﻣﺎ ﯾُرﯾد •
ﺳﻛك ﺑﺎﻟﻔﻘر واﻻﻓﺗﻘﺎر ) (2اﻟﺗﺣﻘﻖ ﺑﺎﻟﺑَذل
ﻲ ﻋﻠﻰ ﺛﻼت ﺧﺻﺎل ) (1اﻟﺗﻣ ّ اﻟﺗﺻوف ﻣﺑﻧ ﱞ •
واﻻﯾﺛﺎر ) (3ﺗرك اﻟﺗدﺑﯾر واﻻﺧﺗﯾﺎر
اﻷﺧد ﺑﺎﻟﺣﻘﺎﺋﻖ واﻹﯾﺎس ﻣﻣﺎ ﻓﻲ أﯾدي اﻟﺧﻼﺋﻖ •
ﺻﻔوة اﻟﻘرب ﺑﻌد ﻛدرة اﻟﺑﻌد •
According to Sheikh Zarruq (1442 – 1493), more than 2000 definitions, all return to a single principle