Islam

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Links of the chart (from left to right, and from top to bottom):

1. Islam
2. Muhammad
3. Quran
4. External or orthodox path
5. Interior or mystical path
6. Revealed law (shari´a)
7. Sufism (altasawwuf)
8. The observance of the rules or five pillars
9. The observation of the rites
10. The devotional acts
11. The doctrine of sufism
12. The mystical path or way
13. The virtues, the seasons and the states
14. The four pillars of the method
15. The universal truths
16. The spiritual realization of the human being
17. He progressive levels of being or sanctity
18. Tariqas: the various sufi orders and their methods

The Spiritual Path in Islam