Idiot's Guides: Meditation (Idiot's Guides: As Easy as It Gets!) by Domyo Sater Burk

Author:Domyo Sater Burk [Burk, Domyo Sater]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: DK Publishing
Published: 2016-02-08T16:00:00+00:00

Surrendering to God

Sufism includes the Islamic view of God as being utterly incomprehensible, perfect, all-powerful, all-knowing, and outside of time and space. All of God’s names are simply descriptions and evocations because His true being is beyond conception or definition. (This is also why God is also never portrayed in images in Islam or Sufism.) God is the creator of all things, and He made human beings so they could know and worship Him. In the Qur’an, for instance, God explains to the prophet Muhammad that He addressed the earliest people—the offspring of the “children of Adam”—and asked them “Am I not your Lord?” They replied “Yes, we bear witness.” (Qur’an 7:172, Haleem 2004) This exchange is viewed by Sufis as man’s covenant with God.

Therefore, worship of God is your primary purpose in life, and “perfect worship” should be your goal. Depending on your religion or circumstances, perfect worship may include following codes of conduct like sharia. It also requires you to act morally, responsibly, and in a way consistent with God’s will. At an even deeper level, you need to cultivate a deep inner faith and devotion to God such that you would be willing to sacrifice everything and surrender to Him in an instant if He asked.

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