Edited sentence: An important belief in the Sufi tradition is that the average believer may use spiritual guides in his pursuit of the truth.Sufism stresses a direct, unstructured, personal devotion to God in place of the ritualistic, outward observance of the faith.The tradition of Islamic mysticism known as Sufism appeared very early in Islam and became essentially a popular movement emphasizing love of God rather than fear of God.Throughout the centuries many gifted scholars and numerous poets have been inspired by Sufi ideas they were adherents