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one required to carry out the required duties, if I were to say that
the servant then that is true, or if I were to say the Lord, then how
can that be required for Him.”
Ibn Arabee says about the Sufis: “Sufi; the person with complete
understanding is he, who sees every object of worship to be a
manifestation of Truth (Allah) contained therein, for which it is
worshiped. Therefore, they all call it a god, along with its
particular name, whether it is a rock, or a tree, or an animal, or a
person, or a star, or an Angel.” 51
It is this lax attitude of the Sufis towards false religions that makes
Sufism receptive to many false philosophies and un-Islamic
beliefs. Following is a comparison of five concepts and beliefs of
Eastern Pagan Religions as compared to Sufi practices.
1 - In Search of God
Hinduism and Buddhism claim to possess great books of wisdom
inherited from the ancestors but instead of learning from these
books, all of their philosophers and thinkers have to take up an
essential journey to the wilderness... in search of God. The Sufis
too, instead of referring to the Qur’aan and the Sunnah for
guidance wander in forests in search of God. They seclude
themselves from the society (Khilwah) for specific periods
(Chillah), and examples of this are abundant in their books…
1. Moulana Zakariyah says: “He (Imdadullah Muhajir Makki)
withdrew himself from the midst of people and wandered in the
wilderness of Punjab, which became his home… He would
refrain from eating for up to eight days. Not a grain would go
down his throat in these periods of self-imposed starvation.” 52
2. Moulana Zakariyah says: “A beggar (a Sufi master in disguise)
chewed something, and gave Abdul Hadi to eat. As he ate the
51 Al-Fusoos (1/195), al-Wakeel: Hadhihi Hiyas-Soofiyyah (p.38).
52 Mashaikh-e-Chist (Eng. Trans.) p.220 and Imdadul-Mushtaq ila
Ashraful-akhlaq (Urdu) p.8-9.
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