Al-Niffari (Muhammad ibn Abd al-Jabbar al-Niffari)
Tradition: Sufism (Islamic Mysticism) | Era: 10th Century CE (4th Century AH) | Lineage: Early Sufism (Tasawwuf), associated with the school of Junayd and Hallaj
Episodes analyzed: 1 | Average depth: 10.0/10
Compiled Truth
True knowledge of God is realized only through the recognition of one's own incapacity to know Him; the seeker must abandon personal attributes and reality to stand solely through God's attributes, culminating in a state of holy bewilderment where the Divine speaks and acts through the silent vessel of the human heart.
Key Teachings
1. True knowledge of God is realized only through the recognition of one's own incapacity to know Him; the seeker must abandon personal attributes and reality to stand solely through God's attributes, culminating in a state of holy bewilderment where the Divine speaks and acts through the silent vessel of the human heart.