عربی لفظ تسووُف (فرما:Lit. 'صوٗفی بنُن یا روزُن')، عام طور پٲٹھؠ چھُ آمُت ترجمس مَنٛز صوٗفی ازم، چھِ مغربی لِکھٲرؠ اَمِچ تعٲریٖف اِسلٲمی روٗحٲنِیت کران.
صوٗفیه گوو اسلأمی توٲریٖخہِ مَنٛز ابتدٲئی طورس پؠٹھ ابھرنہٕ، جزوی طورس پؠٹھ ابتدٲئی امییَد خلافت(۶۶۱ - ۷۵۰) کہ دنیاییتہٕ خلاف تہٕ بنیٲدی طورس پؠٹھ حسن البصری کہ زیر تربیت رد عمل کس طورس پؠٹھ۔
↑Compare: Nasr، Seyyed Hossein (2007). Chittick، William C. (ed.). The Essential Seyyed Hossein Nasr. The perennial philosophy series. Bloomington, Indiana: World Wisdom, Inc. ص. 74. ISBN9781933316383. Retrieved 2017-06-24. Sufism is the esoteric or inward dimension of Islam Islamic esoterism is, however not exhausted by Sufism but the main manifestation and the most important and central crystallization of Islamic esotericism is to be found in Sufism.
↑Martin Lings, What is Sufism? (Lahore: Suhail Academy, 2005; first imp۔ 1983, second imp۔ 1999), p.12: "Mystics on the other hand-and Sufism is a kind of mysticism-are by definition concerned above all with 'the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven'".
↑Seyyed Hossein Nasr, The Essential Seyyed Hossein Nasr, ed۔ William C۔ Chittick (Bloomington: World Wisdom, 2007), p۔ 74
↑Titus Burckhardt, Art of Islam: Language and Meaning (Bloomington: World Wisdom, 2009), p۔ 223
↑Martin Lings, What is Sufism? (Lahore: Suhail Academy, 2005; first imp۔ 1983, second imp۔ 1999), p.15
↑Nasr، Seyyed Hossein (2008). The garden of truth: the vision and promise of Sufism, Islam's mystical tradition. Harper Collins. pp. 45–3736–45-3736. ISBN978-0061625992.