-Sufis are Islamic mystics, Sufism is Islamics that seek a better understanding of God through meditation and different ritual practices.
-teachings of past generations of mystic masters Sufis is a quest do finding spiritual enlightenment, it's done through a dance or form of poetry
-The word Sufi is derived fromSuf means wool, people were owing to their poverty wearing raw woolen garments
-they are either individual ps or in small communities, they part themselves from connections like people and distractions from their spiritual and metaphysical realities.
-they unlike mystics follow a disciplined routine of worship and meditation, they pray and fast or go without sleep, and they read texts considered holy by their faith community.
-Sufis are apart from people the follow other religions, Because of their willingness to share intimate experiences of the divine, Sufis became the victims of persecution and even violence.

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