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The 93 pages that link to Sufism, each with the reason it gives.

• Shia IslamRelated: Some Shia communities and thinkers share devotional and mystical traditions with Sufi Muslims.

• IslamRelated: It shows how devotional paths develop within Islamic religious life.

• Persianate cultureRelated: Persian poetry and prose became major vehicles for Sufi ideas across multiple regions.

• KalamRelated: Some theologians debated how mystical knowledge relates to rationally defended doctrine.

• AdabRelated: Sufi writing shares adab's concern with conduct but grounds it in distinct spiritual disciplines.

• Muhammad AhmadRelated: Ahmad’s religious formation included Sufi teaching and affiliation.

• JihadRelated: Sufi writings often frame inward striving as a path of spiritual discipline.

• Bid'ahRelated: Some Sufi communities defend devotional forms that critics classify as bid'ah.

• ContemplationRelated: Sufi remembrance and inward discipline developed a distinctive Islamic contemplative path.

• Islam in AfricaRelated: Sufi orders have organized devotion, teaching, and community life across many African regions.

• NondualismRelated: Some Sufi teachings describe divine unity in language that has been read as nondual.

• Nana Asma’uRelated: Sufi ideas and affiliations formed part of the religious world surrounding her family and scholarship.

• Sikh GurusRelated: Sufi poetry and practice formed part of the religious world encountered in Punjab.

• ZiyaratRelated: Sufi communities helped sustain devotional visitation to saints and their shrines.

• Deobandi movementRelated: Many Deobandi scholars affirm disciplined Sufi practice while criticizing practices they judge unscriptural.

• Indo-Persian cultureRelated: Sufi networks carried Persian devotional poetry and ideas into diverse South Asian settings.

• Islamization of Central AsiaRelated: Sufi teachers and communities helped spread Islam beyond urban centers and ruling courts.

• Mas̱navīRelated: Its teachings about spiritual transformation underlie the poem’s instruction.

• Doris LessingRelated: Lessing's engagement with Sufi ideas, especially through Idries Shah, influenced her later outlook and fiction.

• Islam in Central AsiaRelated: Sufi lineages and practices helped transmit Islam through Central Asian communities.

• Islam in EgyptRelated: Sufi orders and devotional practices are woven into Egyptian religious life.

• The Black BookRelated: Sufi ideas about identity and hidden meaning inform the novel’s allusive pattern.

• Saadi ShiraziRelated: Sufi ideas and language inform strands of Saadi’s moral and lyrical writing.

• Din-i IlahiRelated: Sufi ideas of spiritual guidance and devotion help explain some practices associated with Akbar’s circle.

• History of coffeeRelated: Sufi communities in Yemen used coffee to remain alert during nighttime religious practices.

• Islamic literatureRelated: Sufi thought generated influential poetry, allegory, devotional writing, and biographies of saints.

• Abu Dharr al-GhifariRelated: Later Muslim ascetics and Sufis could regard Abu Dharr as a precedent for renunciation.

• Ibn Qayyim al-JawziyyaRelated: His spiritual writing draws on Sufi themes while evaluating them through scriptural commitments.

• Ibn TufaylRelated: The novel’s account of contemplation connects philosophical inquiry with spiritual experience.

• Magtymguly PyragyRelated: Mystical devotion and moral reflection inform many of his poems.

• Sai Baba of ShirdiRelated: Sai Baba's Muslim associations and practices invite comparison with Sufi devotional life.

• Farida ParveenRelated: Sufi ideas and imagery overlap with themes found in parts of the Lalon repertoire.

• Meher BabaRelated: Baba drew on Sufi vocabulary, including the idea of a perfected spiritual guide.

• Spiritual practiceRelated: Sufi lineages developed practices such as remembrance and instruction under spiritual guides.

• George GurdjieffRelated: Gurdjieff’s accounts of his travels and teaching have often been compared with Sufi practices.

• History of IslamRelated: Sufi orders and practices helped spread Islam and sustain devotional communities.

• MuslimsRelated: Many Muslims practice forms of Sufism alongside their other religious commitments.

• Sohrab SepehriRelated: His poetry’s spiritual attentiveness is often read alongside Sufi ideas, without reducing it to doctrine.