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other mysterious expressions, illuminates the whole body of the Safi; and the
perception of the same illumination in the external world completely
extinguishes the sense of "otherness". The fact that these methods were known to
the Persian Sufis misled Von Kremer, who ascribed the whole phenomenon of
Sufiism to the influence of Vedantic ideas. Such methods of .contemplation are
quite un-Islamic in character, and the higher Sufis do not attach any importance
to them.
2.
ASPECTS OF SUFI METAPHYSICS
Let us now return to the various schools, or rather the various aspects, of Sufi Metaphysics. A ,careful investigation of Sufi literature shows that
Sufiism has looked at the Ultimate Reality from three standpoints which, in
fact, do not exclude but ,complement each other. Some Sufis conceive the
essential nature of reality as self-conscious will, others beauty, others again
hold that Reality is essentially Thought, Light or Knowledge. There are,
therefore, three aspects of Safi thought:
A.
Reality as Self-conscious Will
The first in historical order is that represented by Shaqiq Balkhi Ibrahim Adham, Rabi'a, and others.This school conceives the Ultimate Reality as
"Will", and the Universe a finite activity of that will, It isessentially
monotheistic and consequently more
