Sufism was unostentatiously practiced in Arabia during the period of Sahabis, Taba'een, and Taba'-Taba'een. And among the lives of the Sufi Saints may be found some of the most divine models of human perfection in all capacities, from a king to a laborer. A true Sufi remains in the thought of truth continually, sees the truth in all things and never becomes, prejudiced, but cultivates affection for all beings. A Sufi accomplishes the divine journey and reaches the highest grade of Baqa during this life, but people of all beliefs arrive, eventually, at the same level of understanding and realization which Sufism represents. Therefore the main object of initiation in the Sufi Order is to cultivate the heart through renunciation and resignation, that it may be pure enough to sow the seed of divine love and realize the highest truth and wisdom, both theoretically and practically, thereby attaining the highest attributes of humanity.
Divine perfection is perfection in all powers and mysteries.
All mysteries, powers, and realizations gradually manifest themselves to the Sufi through his natural development, without his specially striving for them. Self-realization is the highest and most difficult attainment of all. It is impossible to acquire it in the manner of sciences and arts, nor is it possible to attain it as health, wealth, honor, and power can be obtained by certain means. For the sake of self-realization, thousands have renounced family and all worldly possessions, and kings their kingdoms, and they have retired to desert, jungle, or mountain fastness, striving to find in asceticism the secret of this bliss. When Ahad, the only Being, became conscious of His Wahdat.