Comments on: Muhammad Ali – The Greatest!

By: Mr. BD

Mr. BD — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 18:01:16 +0000

In reply to Truthiz1. Oh wow I didn't know about ay of this Truth. Thanks for sharing. And thanks for this nice tribute DJ. One of my coworkers was saying how it's a good thing Ali lived when he did. Because a Muslim activist speaking his mind and not being afraid to call people out would not fly today. They wouldn't be calling him the greatest in this era. RIP champ.

By: Truthiz1

Truthiz1 — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 13:36:11 +0000

Just a little FYI for other readers who (like me) may be interested….

As an Islamic discipline:

Sufism – mystical Islamic belief and practice in which Muslims seek to find the truth of divine love and knowledge through direct personal experience of God. It consists of a variety of mystical paths that are designed to ascertain the nature of humanity and of God and to facilitate the experience of the presence of divine love and wisdom in the world. […]

Source: Encyclopedia Britannica – http://www.britannica.com/topic/Sufism

While all Muslims believe that they are on the pathway to Allah and hope to become close to God in Paradise —after death and after the Last Judgment —Sufis also believe that it is possible to draw closer to God and to more fully embrace the divine presence in this life. […]

H/T: Wikipedia

Sufism: an Introduction – Sufism — Sufis — Dr. Alan Godlas, University of Georgia http://islam.uga.edu/sufismintro.html

By: Truthiz1

Truthiz1 — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 13:28:31 +0000

Of the many personal (and professional) qualities to admire about this great man…………

The thing that has really struck me about Ali…who he was…is that he left the Nation of Islam back in 1975, following the death of Elijah Muhammad. He then converted to Sunni Islam before finally embracing Sufi Islam in 2005:

By 2005 Ali had become more spiritual than religious, his daughter Hana Yasmeen Ali told Beliefnet. He embraced Sufi Islam and followed the teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan. Khan was an Indian-born musician and Sufi master who lived from 1882 to 1927, according to the International Sufi Movement. […]

Full Beliefnet Interview: "Muhammad Ali's New Spiritual Quest" http://www.beliefnet.com/faiths/islam/2005/02/muh…

The truth is, I had not been aware of any of that information until I watched a more recent autobio-documentary about his life over the weekend (following his death).

May He Rest in Peace.