*Mixing of Non-Islamic Ideologies in Islamic Sufism – Part 6*


Thus, the assassin of Nizam al-Mulk Tusi [the vizier of the Seljuk Sultan Malik Shah], who in reality belonged to the Ismaili sect, appeared in the dress of Sufis. Having become a Sufi, he gained Tusi’s proximity, and seizing the opportunity, he killed him. In the same way, two men of the Batini sect came to Shah Abbas Safavi disguised as Sufis.


Consequently, the concept of _Qutb_ also arose among the Sufis. It means _Sayyid al-‘Arifin_, or the crown of all gnostics. The Sufis assumed, without evidence, that no Sufi can reach the station of _Qutb_ in terms of _ma‘rifah_ until God causes that _Qutb_ to pass away. Yes, after his death, God bestows his station upon his successor.


It should be clear that the idea of the continuity of _Qutb_ can be proven neither by the Shari‘ah nor by rational arguments; it is a metaphor.


The similarity of their beliefs can be gauged from the fact that when they arranged the chain of shaykhs for conferring the _khirqah_ [Sufi cloak], they traced it back to Hazrat Ali (RA).

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