A Study On Persian Sufism

Sufism is the Mysticism of Islam, in some sense, someone who don’t understand Sufism means that he doesn’t understand Islam neither. Persia was the cradle of Sufism, studying the Sufism of Persia is important to us to understand Sufism, even Islam. This article aims to a complete study to Persian Sufism. It contains the necessary of Sufism occurring in Persia, Separately from the Persian religion, Persian culture, Persian political, geographical environment and so on has carried on the detailed analysis. At the same time, Sufism occurs in Persia makes it has a dominant character, in this article mainly displays in mystery and into the world of Persian Sufism and the important of the worship of saints. In Islamic Sufism, sufi order has an important position, which provides the existence of Sufism from the organization. In the history of Persian, Sufism appears many important sufi orders, in this article mainly discusses the modern Persian sufi order, from the revival of Ni’matullahi order and Dhahabi order discusses the evolution of Persian Sufism and the influence of their revival.Iranian culture and literature more-than any society is mixed with Sufism, so it has the important effect to the historical life of Iranian nation, it is not only positive but also negative, in this article discusses these influence. While, in its social transformations and adaptation to the exigencies of modern religious and political changes during the nineteenth to twentieth centuries, Sufism has developed certain features which render it substantially different from the mystical Islam before. Since the mystical faith and metaphysical reality of Sufism do not permit quantification or analysis on the basis of social, historical or political transformations, he new features is bore, Sufism in Persia has declined.