The Chishti Order is one movement of this religious offshoot. One prominent obstacle to the major goal of this movement is the overcoming of nafs, or one's sense of ego, in one's attempt to achieve taslim. Also known as tasawwuf, it originated as a reaction against what some saw as the material concerns of the Umayyad era, 
The Chishti Order is one movement of this religious offshoot. One prominent obstacle to the major goal of this movement is the overcoming of nafs, or one's sense of ego, in one's attempt to achieve taslim. Also known as tasawwuf, it originated as a reaction against what some saw as the material concerns of the Umayyad era, adherents attempt to embrace the presence of God through various ascetic or physical practices, including the dance known in the West as "whirling." FTP what is this mystical branch of Islam associated with the poet Rumi?
The Chishti Order is one movement of this religious offshoot.
{Sufism} or {Sufi} (accept “tasawwuf” before said, and be impressed)