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Sects - Organisations - Scholars The Majlis Vol 21 No 11, p.2

Please explain the Sufi concept of Wahdatul Wujood.

Question

Please explain the Sufi concept of Wahdatul Wujood. Salafis vehemently criticize the Sufis on the basis of this concept.

Answer

Salafis are spiritually barren and morally bankrupt. They are a crude sect of crass materialists. Without even understanding the meaning of the term, they baselessly revile the Auliya.

Wahdatul Wujood is a technical term of the Auliya. It means that all created things owe their existence to the only One True Existent, namely, Allah Ta'ala. Besides Him, there is no independent existence. He is the one and only true independent existence. This is all what is meant by this term which the ignorant Salafis have deliberately misconstrued to defame and slander the Ulama and Auliya of Deoband and the Auliya of Islam.

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