Why was Sufism successful? Sufism was a burgeoning successful movement. It was equal to Christian and Buddhist mystics. They believed in a direct and personal path to the experience of God’s presence (pg. 220). The emotional connections to divine truth, the workings of reasoning and the revealed word was all relied upon. The Qur’an was not viewed as the only path to get to God, and sometimes they danced until they fell into a trance while searching for his grace. The practice of Sufis spread to all corner of Islam because Sufis had a greater tolerance of local customs than most ulama were willing to allow (pg. 220). The relationship between ulama and Sufis authorities were strained but Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazzali managed to bring them