Name: The Bhakti Movement in Northern India
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 7 min 3 s
Description: After the 13th century, there was an evolution of the Bhakti Movement in Northern India. Let’s learn about some of the movement’s major contributors.

Question

What were the major beliefs and practices of the s?

What were the major beliefs and practices of the Sufis?

Accepted Answer

The major beliefs and practices of the Sufis are as follows:

a. The Sufi saints believed in the principles of the Hadith as well as the Koran.

b. The main principles of Sufism were that God is supreme and all-pervasive. True love of God means serving fellow human beings. Different religions preached different ways of reaching God.

c. The Sufis devoted themselves to prayers and fasting.

d. The Sufi saints were known as Pirs, who were against the orthodox ideas of the ulema.

e. They did not believe in idol worshipping and considerably simplified rituals of worship into collective prayers.

f. They composed poems to express their feelings that contained rich literature in prose, anecdotes, and fables.

g. They developed different methods of training like contemplation, singing, dancing, and zikr (chanting of a name or sacred formula).

What were the major beliefs and practices of the s?
What were the major beliefs and practices of the Sufis?

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