The Theology of the Sufis

The theology of the Sufis could also provoke hostility, even if it remained largely implicit. Most problematic was the suggestion that they themselves had attained some kind of divinity. Is this the teaching we find in the more elaborate and sophisticated works of Imanarabi? He does present the created universe as a veil that conceals God. On the other hand, the universe is also a manifestation of God. It is the form in which God shows himself.