ABSTRACT

The aim of Sufism is felicity and the greatest felicity for Sufis is witnessing God. By Nasafi's era, the wayfarer followed the Sufi path and engaged in practices such as dhik, fikr, chilla and sama along with other devotional acts which were means to the end, that is, they were tools for polishing the mirror of his heart. This chapter presents the different mystical visions and experiences included in Aziz Nasafi's works, revealing his acceptance of all beliefs as genuine expressions of reality. It presents an examination of how Nasafi regarded the ultimate spiritual station and vision of God, and this is compared with the explanations of Najm al-Dlin Kubra and Ibn Arabi, thus enabling us to see if Nasafi's version of Sufism was representative of the age. Najm al-Din's visionary descriptions of bewilderment continue, revealing that the wayfarer flashes from tashbih to tanzih and from tanzih to tashbih like a coin spinning in the air.