30.) Is
everyone under an obligation to become a Sufi?
Not at
all. As the Qur'an indicates, there can be no compulsion in matters of Deen or the process
of realizing the spiritual potential of being human.
What any
given individual decides to do in relation to the issue of spirituality must come as a
free-will offering. While all human beings do have a minimal responsibility to return the
amana or trust that has been extended to them by God through the gift of being, human
beings are not under any obligation to realize the full extent of the spiritual potential
which is entailed by the trust being offered to us.
To be
sure, if we do not seek to maximize such possibilities, the lost will be ours, but we will
not necessarily be held accountable for failing to do so. As such, there is no obligatory
dimension associated with the Sufi path.
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