Sufism (Arabic: تصوّف – Taṣawwuf, Persian: صوفیگری sufigari, Turkmen: tasavvuf, Urdu: تصوف) is generally understood to be the inner,mystical dimension of Islam. A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a ṣūfī (صُوفِيّ), although some adherents of the tradition reserve this term only for those practitioners who have attained the goals of the Sufi tradition. Another name used for a Sufi seeker is dervish.
List of notable Sufis
A
- Abadir Umar ar-Rida Somali saint from Harar
- Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi
- Abu Nu’aym al-Isfahani
- Al-Fudayl ibn ‘Iyad
- Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi
- Al-Qushayri
- Abu al-Husain al-Nuri
- Abu Madyan
- Al-Sha’rani
- Al-Suyuti
- Al-Zaylaʽi
- Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi
- ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Alawi Al-Haddad
- Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi
- Ahmad al-Tijani
- Ahmad Zarruq
- Ali al-Qari
- Ahmad Sirhindi
- Ahmad al-Dardir
- Ahmad ibn Ajiba
- Ahmad al-Tayyeb
- Ahmad Yasawi
- Ali Gomaa
- Ali al-Jifri
- Abdalqadir as-Sufi
- Abdul Qadir Gilani
- Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan
- Abdūl-Khāqeem Arvāsī
- Abdullah Ibn Umar Badheeb Al Yamani(1825–1892)
- Ad-Dağhestānī
- Mufti Akhtar Raza Khan Azhari
- Abdul Waahid Bin Zaid
- Abu Ishaq Shami
- Ahmad al-Alawi
- Ahmed Rida Khan Fazil-e-Barelvi (1856–1921)
- Kayhan Dede
- Al-Kabeer (1813 – 1878)
- As-Sagheer (1815 – 1905)
- Al-Shaghourī
- Al-Busiri
- Ali Hujwiri (Daata Ganj Bakhsh, Persian/Punjabi: 990-1077)
- Ahamed Mohiyudheen Noorishah Jeelani
- Amadou Bamba (1853-1927)
- Arshadul Qaudri (1925–2002)
- Ata Hussain Fani Chishti (1817–1896)
- Azangachhi Shaheb (1828 or 1829-1932)
B
- Baba Rexheb
- Baba Qamar U Zaman Faridi Chishti (1940-2011)
- Babajan (1806–1931)
- Bande Nawaz
- Barkat Ali
- Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
- Bishr al-Hafi
- Bu Ali Shah Qalandar
D
- Dawud al-Ta’i
- Dhul-Nun al-Misri
E
- El hadj Malick Sy
- Esad Erbili
F
- Feisal Abdul Rauf
G
- Galip Hassan Kuscuoglu
- Ghousi Shah
- Ghulam Mustafa Khan
H
- Haji Imdadullah Muhaajir Makki (1817–1899)
- Harith al-Muhasibi
- Hasan al-Basri
- Hasnain Baqai safipur
- Hisham Kabbani
- Hilmi Işık
I
- Ibn ‘Ashir
- Ibn ‘Ata’ Allah al-Sakandari
- Ibn ‘Arabi
- Ibn Hajar al-Haytami
- Ibrahim ibn Adham
- Ibrahim ibn Faïd
- Ibrahim Niass (1900 – 1975)
- Idries Shah
- Inayat Khan (1882–1927)
- Ismail Haqqi Bursevi
- Izz al-Din ibn ‘Abd al-Salam
J
- Jahaniyan Jahangasht
- Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari
M
- Machiliwale Shah
- Madurai Maqbara
- Mahmoodullah Shah
- Mahmud Esad Coşan
- Mahmut Ustaosmanoğlu
- Maruf Karkhi
- Maula Shah (1836–1944)
- Maulana Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi (1797–1861)
- Maulana Syed Muhammad Zauqi Shah (1878–1951)
- Meher Ali Shah of Golra Sharif (1859–1937)
- Shaykh Muhammed Mehmet Adil ar-Rabbani
- Mian Bashir Ahmed (1923– )
- Mohammad Badshah Qadri (1903–1978)
- Moinuddin Chishti
- Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
- Muhammad Alawi al-Maliki
- Muhammad ibn ‘Alawi al-Maliki
- Muhammad Iqbal
- Muhammad Ishaq
- Muhammad Masihullah Khan
- Muhammad Metwalli al-Sha’rawi
- Muhammad Qadiri ( 1552-1654)
- Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi
N
- Nadir Ali Shah
- Nahid Angha
- Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlavi
- Nazim Al-Haqqani (1922-2014)
- Nizamuddin Auliya
- Nooruddeen Durkee
- Nuh Ha Mim Keller
O
- Oumar al foutiyou Tall
- Omar Ali-Shah
- Osman Nuri Topbaş
P
- Pir Fazal Ali Qureshi (d. 1935)
- Pir Hadi Hassan Bux Shah Jilani
- Pir Naseer-uddin-Naseer of Golra Sharif (1949–2009)
Q
- Qalander Ba Ba Auliya (1898–1979)
- Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki
R
- Rabi’a al-‘Adawiyya
- Rashid Ahmad Gangohi
- Reshad Feild
- Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi
- Rumi (Hazrat e Mevlana)
- Ruwaym
S
- Sari al-Saqati
- Sahl al-Tustari
- Shaqiq al-Balkhi
- Sidi Boushaki
- Shah Waliullah Dehlawi
- Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah Pir Allo Mahar
- Syed Rashid Ahmed Jaunpuri
- Syed Ahmad Ullah (founder of the Maizbhanderi Sufi Order) (1826–1906)
- Syed Ghulam Mohiyyuddin Gilani
- Sultan Bahu (1630-1691)
- Shah Maroof Khushabi
- Shah Sulaimān Nūri (1508-1604)
- Shahdaab Bhartiya
- Sai Baba of Shirdi (1838–1918)
- Said al-Chirkawi
- Said Nursī
- Shams Ali Qalandar
- Sayed Badiuddin Zinda Shah Madar
- Sayyid Mir Jan Shah Saheb Kabuli-Naqshbandi (1800-1901)
- Sayyid Sahib Husayni of Tekmal (1805–1880)
- Shah Abdul Aziz (1745–1823)
- Shah Inayat Qadiri (d. 1728)
- Shah Jalal (1271-1346)
- Shah Mustafa
- Shah Nazar Ali Kianfar
- Shah Niyaz (1742-1834)
- Shah Nooranī
- Shah Paran
- Shah Siddiq
- Shah Syed Hasnain Baqai of Safipur
- Sheikh Mustafa (1836–1888)
- Sheikh Madar Somali leader of Qadiriyya order and early expansionist of Hargeisa
- Sidi Heddi
- Süleyman Hilmi Tunahan
- Syed Mohammed Asrarullah (1856)
- Syed Nasiruddin
- Syed Shujaat
- Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai
- Syed Mohammed Mukhtar Ashraf
- Saalim Al-Madhar (1848 – 1908)
T
- Tahir Allauddin Al-Qadri Al-Gillani (1932–1991)
- Taj al-Din al-Subki
- Tajuddin Muhammad Badruddin of Nagpur (1861–1925)
- Taqi al-Din al-Subki
- Timothy Winter
- Tosun Bayrak
U
- Uways al-Barawi leader of the Banadir revolt and influential scholar
- Ullah Shahab
W
- Waheed Ashraf
- Waris Shah
- Waris Ali Shah
- Wasif Ali Wasif (1929–1993)
Y
- Yahya ibn Mu’adh al-Razi
- Yunus Ali Enayetpuri (1886-1952)
- Younus AlGohar
- Yunus Emre
- Yusuf al-Nabhani
Z
- Zaheen Shah
- Zakariyya al-Ansari
Sufi leaders
- Aurangzeb
- Emir Abdelkader
- Gökböri was the first Muslim ruler to officially celebrate the birth of the Prophet Muhammad
- Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
- Omar al-Mukhtar
- Mehmed II
- Saladin