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  • 6 - Religious Experience in Traditional Islam

  • from Part II - Religious Experience in Traditional Monotheism
  • Edited by Paul K. Moser, Loyola University, Chicago, Chad Meister
  • Book:
    The Cambridge Companion to Religious Experience
    Published online:
    20 June 2020
    Print publication:
    16 July 2020, pp 134-156

  • Summary

    Chittick focuses on Sufism or “Islamic mysticism” as a prominent influence in Islamic history regarding religious experience, noting that its mystical emphasis among Muslims traces back to Mohammad and the Qur’an.He finds that according to the Sufi literature of Ibn Arabi, a soul must be prepared for mystical experience to reap its benefits and to avoid the mistaken assumption that it removes one from the obligation to follow the teachings of the Qur’an.