What Is Sufism? Islam and Mystical Experience
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Filip Holm is the creator and host of @LetsTalkReligion, a YouTube channel which aims to educate on the subject of religion from an academic perspective.
– TIMESTAMPS
00:00 What is Mysticism?
03:08 Sufism & the Imminence of God
09:18 Different Branches Within Islam
16:39 The Sunni-Shia Divide
23:53 Tasawwuf: Becoming a Sufi
26:26 Historical Origins of Sufism
33:57 al-Hallaj: the Controversial Sufi Preacher
38:05 Sufis’ Connection With the Dead
43:25 Why People Criticise Sufism
49:46 Is Sufism Even a Part of Islam?
56:37 Are All Sufis Muslim?
58:55 Sufi Practices
1:04:21 Controversy With Sufis’ Use of Music
1:09:10 Alcohol in Sufi Poetry
1:12:37 The Poetry of Rumi
1:15:58 Metaphysical Concepts in Sufism
1:22:30 Closing
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November 17, 2025 at 6:25 pm
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@DarvishZahir
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 pm
A fascinating and thought-provoking discussion, thank you both! By the way, as a Muslim on the Sufi path, I have infinitely more respect for atheists like yourself who are open to different viewpoints than Salafi fundamentalists who despise us (along with Hindus, Jews, free thinkers, queers and so many others). Salam. 🙏
@KohPhanganSummer
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 pm
"Wine" in Sufi poetry may actually be a euphemism for "magic mushrooms". Psychedelic medicines are Entheogens, which is from Greek meaning "activating the divine within". The way Sufis got so deep may be attributed to many paths.
@AdilKhan-ge8mn
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 pm
Sufism is a spiritual practice which exists in every religion. Derived from the Arabic word "Safaa" meaning purity, clarity. Sufism ideology have some direct contradiction with Quranic teachings of concept of God.
@lifeofafghan
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 pm
the greatest collab
@MohamedkhaledSaid-yd6go
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 pm
لا هذا خطا ليس كلها هكذا وجميع علماء المسلمين قالوا على من يفعل هذا فهو مشرك بالله عز وجل 16:38
@afnankhan43001
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 pm
My man got that sunnah beard nailed down
@tomascarvajal305
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 pm
Actually, u didn’t let her speak at all
@behzadsaghary
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 pm
If you really want to talk about Sufism then you need to bring in a Sufi! This guy has no clue and just telling you history lessons…
@ancientmystic-q1x
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 pm
Should have mentioned his name in the title
@amanduswestin9211
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 pm
I can't be the only one here thinking that the comparison of god and the creation to a projector at 1:19:51 is kind of similar to Plato's so called "allegory of the cave".
Very interesting allegory in both cases!
@suhukishinden9888
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 pm
YES I LOVE YOU BOTH
@aa0324
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 pm
Filip is a breath of fresh air compared to the ignoramus Jordan Peterson.
@keskesor1987
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 pm
Koran says that god is unlike anything but yet he has hands he has his chair'crown', he has leg, he come every night to the first sky, he feels like humans feel attempt feel injured by human deed and the list is endless. Islam is full of contradictions
@7abeebalkel
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 pm
There is a core mistake in their take about Sufism… who can spot it?
@AbbyAbeer
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 pm
Bro, if you ever think of having someone on your show again to talk about an islamic topic then please please please get Dr. Jeffrey Lang on. He's a mathematician, he was an atheist and after he converted he wrote "struggling to surrender" i think the best book about islam i've ever read ! There are also online lectures of him from years ago. I would love to see you and him having a conversation.
@crozp1708
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 pm
Stop cherry picking and talking about Muslim sects that isn't popular nor is it considered a Muslim sect by definition by the majority of the Muslim scholars/communities. Delve into Sunni Islam and let me know how you will be a smartass there with your cherry picks. The fact that it been forever for you since you last talked about Islam and now you just pick Sufism shows how much of a hypocrite you are actually. Deal with the majority group and stop looking for easy (rejected by Muslims) excuse of a sect.
@cgxgfste444
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 pm
Former Wahhabi now Sufi ❤
@varunsharma3532
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 pm
34:48 can't call snowflakes unique anymore?
@varunsharma3532
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 pm
5:51 har vehle channaa meraa tere val muh ve
@badtaste311
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 pm
I'm a gnostic that is very intrigued by sufism & I have a profound respect for sufism. The Majdhub is one thing I very much personally relate too, specifically in regards to my own experiences.
@samerasamera9308
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 pm
I'm in love with you Alex ❤
@Ahmed-c5d1y
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 pm
التصوف شرك و ضلال وبدع مثل النصرانية دين باطل كيف المسيح عيسى عليه السلام يكون هو الله و هو الذي قال لبني اسرائيل انا عبد لله سبحانه وتعالى
@Ahmed-c5d1y
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 pm
Sufism like Christiana
@Ahmed-c5d1y
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 pm
I am Muslim and i am fright the Sufism because the darkness. انا مسلم و احارب التصوف لانه ضلال
@sananqamarawan
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 pm
3:56 Quran only has 30 chapters
@oss8026
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 pm
This wasn't a representation of Islam at all
I hate to see this guy talked for more then hour without mentioning any verses from Quran or Hadiths
Just out of ignorance and arrogance
@ahmdzafr
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 pm
52:00
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