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Kabbalah versus Sufism comparison chart
 | Kabbalah | Sufism |
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| Angels | Affirmed |
God created angels from light. They do not have their own free will and always obey the commandments of od and they identify some saints like angels |
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| Birth of Jesus | Denied |
Virgin birth |
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| Second coming of Jesus | Denied |
Affirmed |
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| Clergy | Rabbis |
Only saints |
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| Place of worship | Synagogue, Shul, Temple. |
Mosque .Tombs of saints |
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| Use of statues and pictures | Denied |
Permitted |
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| Holy days | Rosh HaShannah, Yom Kippur, Passover |
Fifty Days |
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| Origin | Supposedly from Abraham |
From techings of muahmmad Rumi and spiritualism |
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| Places most closely associated with independent history of the faith | Jerusalem |
makkah madinah sufi saints tombs kufa karbalah etc |
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| Adherents called | Kabbalists |
suffah sufi saint |
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| Belief of God | One God. |
One god |
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| Imams identified as | N/A. |
Saints. Rumi and the12 imamah |
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| Beliefs regarding revealed scriptures | Kabbalah is all about the Torah |
Belief in quran |
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| Branches and their status | Chassidim |
CHISTI naqshbandi etc |
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| Special Day of worship | Saturday |
Friday |
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| Current leaders | Rabbis, Rebbes |
Saints |
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| Original Language(s) | Hebrew |
Arabic Persian |
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