النص
Volume 11, Numéro 2, Pages 06-27
2025-12-10
Between Zuhd And Sufism: An Analytical Reading Of Concept And Practice
Authors : Lahcene Amor .
Abstract
This article presents a comparative study of the concepts of zuhd (asceticism) and taṣawwuf (Sufism) in the Islamic tradition, focusing on their linguistic and terminological roots, historical emergence, and practical application. Zuhd appeared in the early Islamic period as an ethical attitude aimed at freeing oneself from attachment to worldly adornments and achieving psychological and social balance through contentment and satisfaction. By contrast, Sufism developed in the third century AH as a comprehensive spiritual and philosophical project, centered on the purification of the soul, refinement of the inner self, and attainment of divine knowledge through experiential and spiritual stations. The study concludes that zuhd represents an initial stage of moral discipline and spiritual elevation, while Sufism constitutes a deeper extension that seeks to experience divine reality through spiritual taste (dhawq) and direct witnessing (shuhūd). Despite their different aims and methodologies, the two are complementary: zuhd lays the ethical foundation, and Sufism opens the epistemological and spiritual horizon, both contributing to shaping a distinctive Islamic experience in the quest for salvation and inner peace.
Keywords
Zuhd ; Sufism ; Spirituality ; Ethics ; Divine Knowledge
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