{"id":576,"date":"2026-02-06T15:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T05:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevewatson.info\/blog\/?p=576"},"modified":"2026-02-06T17:15:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T07:15:40","slug":"sketch-of-the-sufi-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevewatson.info\/blog\/2026\/02\/06\/sketch-of-the-sufi-path\/","title":{"rendered":"Sketch of the Sufi Path"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Stage<\/td><td>Achievement<\/td><td>Occult power<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>0. <em>Salik<\/em> (Seeker) On the Sufi path<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1. <em>Muridi<\/em> (Discipleship) Accepted by a master \u2013 a <em>Sheik<\/em> or <em>Murshid<\/em><\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2. <em>Tariqat<\/em> (Potentiality)<br>Dedicated to oneness with the spirit of the <em>Sheik<\/em> or <em>Murshid<\/em><\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td><em>Sihr<\/em>. (Lawful\/white magic) only by permission of the <em>Sheik <\/em>or <em>Murshid<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3. <em>Safar-ullah<\/em> (Journey to Knowledge)<br>Dedicated to oneness with the spirit of the <em>Pir<\/em><\/td><td><em>Arif<\/em> (Knowledge)<br>Attainment of spiritual and occult powers.<\/td><td><em>Mu\u2019awanat<\/em>. (Supernatural power) e.g. flying, teleportation<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4. <em>Safar li-ullah<\/em> (Journey from Neglectfulness)<br>Dedicated to oneness with the spirit of the Prophet<\/td><td><em>Fana<\/em> (Annihilation)<br>Truth is reached.<\/td><td><em>Karamat<\/em> (Wonders) e.g. walking on water, prophecy.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5. <em>Safar-billah<\/em> (Journey )<br>Returning to guide men on the Sufi path<\/td><td><em>Baqa<\/em> (Degree of <em>Wali<\/em>\/saint)<br>In state of <em>Masaviut tarafain<\/em> (balance between two forces.)<\/td><td><em>Mujiza<\/em> (Miracles)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3d248ae8c185a8dd44168651702141ac\">Source: Idries Shah, <em>Oriental Magic<\/em>, p 72<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stage Achievement Occult power 0. Salik (Seeker) On the Sufi path &nbsp; &nbsp; 1. Muridi (Discipleship) Accepted by a master \u2013 a Sheik or Murshid &nbsp; &nbsp; 2. Tariqat (Potentiality)Dedicated to oneness with the spirit of the Sheik or Murshid &nbsp; Sihr. (Lawful\/white magic) only by permission of the Sheik or Murshid 3. Safar-ullah (Journey [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-religion","tag-sufism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevewatson.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevewatson.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevewatson.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevewatson.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevewatson.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/stevewatson.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":583,"href":"https:\/\/stevewatson.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576\/revisions\/583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevewatson.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevewatson.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevewatson.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}