A selection of Sufi stories are listed below. Click on each of the titles to read the full story.
The Sufi Tree
Below there is an illustration of a tree. This shows a lot of apects of the history and culture of Sufis. What can you find?
Tip: Use the mouse to highlight the different parts of the tree.
If you would like to find out more about sufis, Islam, science, discovery and the age of
enlightenment, why not try searching
the web?
Try a search with these words:
science, Islam, sufi, knowledge, discovery, enlightenment.
Can you think of any more?
Worksheets
4 PDF resources which work across P6 to p7 and S1 to S2. These are related to the Curriculum for Excellence and contain practical exercises which help develop emotional intelligence in children.
Concepts
What Sufis offer is learning, through experience. Within our resources for education we have identified four key concepts from Sufidom; Story Telling; Knowledge and Enlightenment; Interfaith Tolerance; and, Culture and Art.
Background
The name 'Sufi' comes from Sáf which means pure in Arabic. It is a name that was given to them by others not one that they gave themselves. Sufism, rightly understood, is truly a spiritual doctrine of freedom and light.
Sufism is practiced around the world by millions of Muslims in the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, Central Asia, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, and China.
