Sufism (Arabic: تصوّف – taṣawwuf, Persian: صوفیگری sufigari, Turkmen: tasavvuf, Urdu: تصوف) is generally understood to be the inner, mystical dimension of Islam.[1][2][3] A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a ṣūfī (صُوفِيّ), though some adherents of the tradition reserve this term only for those practitioners who have attained the goals of the Sufi tradition. Another name used for a Sufi seeker is dervish.
Notable Sufis[edit]
- Amir Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani founder of hamadaniyyah and kubriyyahi silsilla
- Abdul-Qadir Gilani (Jillani), founder of the Qadiriyya Sufi order
- Abu al-Najib Suhrawardi, founder of Suharwardi Sufi order
- Abu-Ishaaq Shaami
- Ahmad al-Tijani, founder of the Tijaniyyah Sufi order
- Ahmad Sirhindi, founder of the Mujaddidi line of the Naqshbandi Sufi order
- Ahmed Ullah Maizbhanderi founder of the Maizbhanderi Sufi order
- Daata Ganj Bukhsh Ali Hujwiri
- Ashraf Jahangir Semnani Founder of Ashrafia Order- a sub-branch of Chisti Order.
- Attar of Nishapur
- Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan, Order of Naqshbandia Owaisiah
- Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari
- Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
- Bu Ali Shah Qalandar
- Fariduddin Ganjshakar, from the Chishti Sufi order
- Ibn al-Farid
- Ibn Arabi
- Ibrahim Niass
- Jahaniyan Jahangasht from the Suhrawardiyya Sufi order
- Jalaaluddin Muhammad Rumi
- Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari
- Jamali (artist), creator of Mystical Expressionism
- Lal Shahbaz Qalandar
- Mansur Al-Hallaj
- Maruf Karkhi
- Maudood Chishti, from the Chisti Sufi order in Afghanistan
- Maulana Sufi Mufti Azangachhi Shaheb, founder of Haqqani Anjuman sufi order in South Asia (India , Bangladesh etc)
- mir muhammad hamadani son of shah e hamdan
- Moinuddin Chishti, founder of the Chishti Sufi order
- Hazrat Makhdoom Shah Hisamuddin Kana'ani, Makhdoom Baba of Wasadargah
- Muhammad Abdul Qadeer Siddiqi Qadri, author of the Tafseer-e-Siddiqui
- Muhammad Muslehuddin Siddiqui, the spiritual guide of Turab-ul-Haq Qadri, from the Barelvi Sufi order
- Najmuddin Kubra, founder of Kubrawiya Sufi order
- Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami
- Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki
- Rabia Basri
- Shah Jalal
- Shah Paran
- Sayyid Mir Jan Shah Saheb Kabuli-Naqshbandi
- Sultan Bahoo (Sultan al-Arfeen, Burhan al-Wasleen) Founder of Sarwari Qadiri order
- Sahl al-Tustari
- Waris Ali Shah,founder of the Warsi Sufi Order, Dewa Sharif, UP, India
- Wali Kirani, Quetta, Pakistan
- Yusuf Hamdani
- Salekur Rahman Rahe Bhanderi, Founder of the Rahe Bhander Sufi Order