{Sufis}[13th April 1991]

[Redbook9:89][19910413:1056e]{Sufis}[13th April 1991]

19910413.1056

[continued]

‘The most visible and powerful 10th-century* exponent of Sūfism was al-Hallāj. By his day, Sūfism had grown far beyond its early forms, which were represented by al-Hasan al-Basri (died 728),** who practised zuhd, or rejection of the world,*** and by Rabiah al- ‘Adawiyah (died 801),**** who formulated the Sufi ideal of a disinterested # love of God. The mystics Abu Yazid Bistami (died 874)#* and al-Junayd (died 910)#* had begun to pursue the experience of unity #** with God, first by being “drunk” with his love and with love of him, and then by #*** acquiring life transforming self-possession and control. Masters (called shaykhs or pīrs) were beginning to attract disciples (murīds) to their way. Like other Muslims who tried to go “beyond” the Sharī‘ah to inner truth, the Sūfis practised concealment of inner awareness (taqīyah).’#****

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*{2048U~A~896}

**{2048U~768}

***G~ff

****{2048U~768}

#R~ff

#*{2048U~A~896}

#**Cff

#***r~

#****{cf [[Redbook9:64-67][19910410:1202]{The Path (Tariqah)}[10th April 1991],] 64,

[[Redbook9:105][19910414:1104#]{ – Love and Death}[14th April 1991],] 105}

##– ibid [Encyclopaedia Britannica 22:] 117

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