19.) Are
the spiritual experiences of Sufi mystics the same as prophetic revelation?
No matter
how exalted the spiritual experiences, unveilings, elevations, insights, states and
stations of a Sufi mystic may be, they do not begin to approach the quality or status of
the spiritual experiences, unveilings, elevations, insights, states and stations of the
Prophets. Among other things, these differences between the two indicate that the
teachings and guidance given by the Sufi mystics cannot be considered to be, or treated as
equivalent to, the Divine Revelation which is transmitted to, and through, the Prophets of
God. The former are always subservient to, and, at best, a derivative, more limited
reflection of, the latter.
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