History of Sufism 2

In order to understand Tasawwuf, we must understand the terminology mystism. Derived from the Greek word (Myen) which means blind eye which is also the origin of the word mystery, then formed mystcism said. The ultimate goal of a mystic will never be achieved through academic ways or usually ways because the basis of mysticism is love at the All Absolute, Truth, and Reality, or God's singles. Or better known as an attempt to disclose "The secrets Kingdom of Heaven". This definition is consistent with the proposed Attusi Abu Nasr al-Sarraj (d. 378 H/988M) that the Sufis are those who put God above all else, as well as Lord priority them.

According to the theory of Neo-Platonism, mystic words meaning wordless contemplation or contemplation without words. However, unlike a significant understanding of Greece remain silent, which means "silent". This terminology is also used in early Christian tradition as a means mustikos spiritual interpretation that is essential or esoteric, inner of religious texts as opposed to the literal interpretation and exoteric.

Actually, in Islam the word mystic is not known, to the extent of Sheikh Abdul Halim Mahmud, the former Al-Azhar sheikh also an expert in Sufism, Sufism is very object if aligned with the western understanding of Mysticism. To him, Islamic Mysticism is the wrong translation of Sufism, a more appropriate because the opinion of experts such as Islam is Sufism Mysticism (sufimoslem4Euro)