Open AccessSUFISM AS A GLOBAL HIGHWAY TO PEACE
Author(s) -
Seema Manzoor,
Nasreen Aslam Shah,
Asma Manzoor
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iḥyāʾ al-ʿulūm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-6263
pISSN - 2663-6255
DOI - 10.46568/ihya.v19i.24
Subject(s) - sufism , harmony (color) , creed , humanity , mysticism , nature versus nurture , environmental ethics , sociology , ethnic group , muslim world , caste , aesthetics , law , islam , political science , philosophy , politics , theology , anthropology , art , visual arts
Since the beginning of awareness, humans have looked for ways to search for their existence as an individual. Sufism is considered as the most accepted religious pathway to seek the realization of Allah in order to maintain the love, harmony and peace at all levels in the existing society. This research specifically aims to investigate the role of Muslim Sufis (Male and Female Sufis) regarding their role in maintaining world peace. Sufism has attempted to bring various groups of the world together so as to detail a practical expressway to peace is a significant target in these people to establish a sustainable highway for maintaining peace in existing society, which is going through an increasingly distraught times in order to maintain durable type of tranquil cooperation, humanity. It is an accepted fact that Sufism can nurture global peace, because it is an unbiased way to create a peaceful atmosphere based on tolerance, empathy and tranquility. Despite the western misconceptions Sufism is open for everyone irrespective of class, race, ethnicity, caste and creed. The essence of mysticism and the Sufi way of living is found in the love of Allah by believing in the oneness of Allah as the only supreme authority.