Continued from the
previous post –
Differences in
the two religions
While investigating
more information on Sufism I found some very interesting things. I
want to share that with my readers of this blog.
Name of God - Islam
– Allah, however, as many Arab tribes refused to accept this new
god and insisted that names of their gods be included as synonyms for
Allah, in addition to that more 99 names were added as its synonyms.
All those names were from Arabic language. However, name Khudaa is
not included in it for obvious reason that the word Khudaa in not
Arabic but of Persian origin. Not anything other than Arab is
accepted by Arab Islam obviously because; Islam is a religion for
exclusively Arab people only. This is by the dictates of Prophet
Mohammad Himself. Any body other than Arab practicing Islam or making
such as claim is Kafar or heathen.
Name for God in
Sufism is Khudaa. Khudaa word is a derivative of word Khud, meaning
oneself. This is similar to Hindu word Atman, having same meaning.
Ninety-nine more
names of Allah, mentioned in Koran however, Khudaa is not in that.
That means Sufi have a separate identity, apart from Islamic
nomenclatures for Allah.
Islam
demands that worship only Allah and no other power and that is called
The Shahadah
- Sufism worship the inner spirit or Khudaa or as Hindus call it
Atmaram (आत्माराम).
Otherwise, a Sufi is liberal about whom to worship. Sufi worshippers
often use other word such as Maula meaning Malik and spiritual guru
for Khudaa in their prayers and qwalis. Some say, praying guru is
common in Sufi worshippers and that is why their many qwalis (prayer
songs) mention Maula or Malik more than Khudaa. Many prayers eulogize
Khudaa and not Malik or Maula. However, as often some critics claim
that Sufism is part of Islam, say that this Malik or Maula refers to
Mohammad. It has nothing to do with Prophet Mohammad; in none of true
Sufi songs, Mohammad is mentioned.
Islam
believes, Allah is in haven, and it is all supreme. Sufism believes
inner spirit is the Almighty. To search Almighty one must look into
inner spirit or Khudaa. This is similar to Hindu teaching of
worshipping Atman. As we see that, there are many similarities in
Hindu practices and those of Sufis, this religion of Sufi and Hindu
could mix well, and that allowed spread of Sufism in India more
easily. Nevertheless, due to some queer misunderstanding that Sufism
is part of Islam people thought that they were converted to Islam
whereas, actually they were converted to Sufism.
Worshiping Allah is
similar to worshiping Nature or it is worship without, whereas,
worship of Khudaa is worship within.
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