What the hell is sufism? I’ve always heard about it, first because of Junoon, then from a couple of cousins whose religious belief includes sufism. I came across a group on sufism on facebook today, and I couldn’t find any useful information in the group. It was just a bunch of pictures of men with beards and some arabic quotes. So I went on to other groups on facebook, and learnt that its a spiritual way of life or something, where people achieve a close connection with Allah by way of a certain kind of music and light.
Apparently, prayers and the holy book was not enough. In ‘those’ days, people used to pray and be really into it, but now, since we have alot of distractions, people have opted for sufism as a way to get closer to god. Did they ask for gods permission before doing that sort of thing? maybe they did..once they achieved that ‘close connection’ hyuk. I don’t know much about sufism, but from what I know already…I’m very, very skeptical about the whole idea. This reminds me of a very popular sufi song ‘supreme ishq’ that came out several years ago and if thats the kind of music people listen to to get close to god, then I should go clubbing more often. No dissing for the semi-sufi band Junoon, because I love them.
So yeah, if anyone whos informed has some insights, please share it with me.
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