ABSTRACT

Most men when they have attained this stage are content to pass their lives therein, and leave the world without making further progress. Such a person the Sufis call Attracted (y)~).

Others, however, proceed from this to self-examination, and pass the rest of their lives in devotion. They are then called Devoutly Attracted ( ~j LC-7J-4::"). If devotion be first practised, and the attraction of God then step in, such a person is called an Attracted Devotee ( YJ~cllL). If he practise and complete devotion, but is not

[PART I. influenced by the attraction of God, he is called a Devotee ( !.!JJL).