SUFI'S SIGNIFICANCE AND INFLUENCES FROM OTHER COUNTRIES ON ISLAM

SUFIS SIGNIFICANCE

• Most effective missionaries
• Emphasized devotion to Allah above doctrine
• Attracted numerous converts
• Encouraged followers to praise Allah in their own way
• Tolerated people that did not accept Islamic faith

PERSIAN INFLUENCE ON ISLAM

• literary works
• principle language of poetry
• principle language of history
• principle language of political reflection

INDIAN INFLUENCE ON ISLAM

• "hindu numerals" ("arabic numerals")
• algebra
• geometry
• trigonometry

GREEK INFLUENCE ON ISLAM

• philosophy
• science
• medical writings
• Islams like Plato and Aristotle most
• Ibn Rushd turned to Aristotle in 12th century