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received.
In general, then, how is a mystic `way‟ (tariqah) described? The purity which is the
first condition as
bodily purity is the prior condition of formal Worship for Muslims is the purification of the heart
completely
from what is other than Allah Most High, the key to it which corresponds to the opening act of
adoration in
prayer,⁷ is the sinking of the heart completely in the recollection of Allah; and the
end of it is complete
absorption (fana’) in Allah. At least this is its end relative to those first steps which almost
come within the
sphere of choice and personal responsibility; but in reality the actual mystic „way‟ it is the
first step, what
comes before it being, as it were, the entrance for those who are journeying towards it.
With this first stage of the `way‟ there begin the revelations and visions. The mystics in their
waking state
now behold angels and the spirits of the prophets; they hear these speaking to them and are
In general, then, how is a mystic `way‟ (tariqah) described? The purity which is the
first condition as
bodily purity is the prior condition of formal Worship for Muslims is the purification of the heart
completely
from what is other than Allah Most High, the key to it which corresponds to the opening act of
adoration in
prayer,⁷ is the sinking of the heart completely in the recollection of Allah; and the
end of it is complete
absorption (fana’) in Allah. At least this is its end relative to those first steps which almost
come within the
sphere of choice and personal responsibility; but in reality the actual mystic „way‟ it is the
first step, what
comes before it being, as it were, the entrance for those who are journeying towards it.
With this first stage of the `way‟ there begin the revelations and visions. The mystics in their
waking state
now behold angels and the spirits of the prophets; they hear these speaking to them and are