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==Sufism==
Islam discourages monasticism, which is referred to in the Quran as "an invention".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2002.02.0002:sura=57:verse=27|title=The Quran, sura 57, verse 27|website=www.perseus.tufts.edu|access-date=2017-11-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://corpus.quran.com/translation.jsp?chapter=57&verse=27|title=The Quranic Arabic Corpus – Translation|website=corpus.quran.com|access-date=2017-11-02}}</ref> However, the term "Sufi" is applied to Muslim mystics who, as a means of achieving union with Allah, adopted ascetic practices including wearing a garment made of coarse wool called "sf".<ref>Christopher Melchert, "Origins and Early Sufism", in Lloyd Ridgeon, ed., ''Cambridge Companion to Sufism'' (2014), 3–23. 
{{doi|10.1017/CCO9781139087599.003}}</ref> The term "[[Sufism]]" comes from "sf" meaning the person, who wears "sf".<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Khanam|first=Dr|date=2011-06-01|title=The Origin and Evolution of Sufism|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265289696|journal=الإيضاح|volume=22}}</ref> But in the course of time, Sufi has come to designate all Muslim believers in mystic union.<ref>"The Neoplatonist Roots of Sufi Philosophy" by Kamuran Godelek, ''20th World Congress of Philosophy'', <sup>[http://www.muslimphilosophy.com/ip/CompGode.htm]</sup></ref>