"COMPARATIVE SUFI STUDIES": METHODOLOGY AND SCIENCE

Аннотация

In this article, sciences belonging to the category of Sufi studies are classified according to their characteristics. The author also classifies the sciences of Sufism, which have not yet formed or are in the process of formation, gives a special emphasis on "Comparative Sufi Studies". According to the author, the first elements of Comparative Sufi Studies can be found in the works of Eastern thinkers of the 10 th-11th centuries. The author of the article concludes that "Comparative Sufi Studies" in the study of the history and philosophy of Sufism, both a methodology and an independent science of Sufism, serves to reveal the true meaning of this teaching.