Are the spiritual experiences of Sufi mystics the same as prophetic revelation?
No matter how exalted the spiritual experiences, unveilings, elevations, insights, states and stations of a Sufi mystic may be, they do not begin to approach the quality or status of the spiritual experiences, unveilings, elevations, insights, states and stations of the Prophets. Among other things, these differences between the two indicate that the teachings and guidance given by the Sufi mystics cannot be considered to be, or treated as equivalent to, the Divine Revelation which is transmitted to, and through, the Prophets of God. The former are always subservient to, and, at best, a derivative, more limited reflection of, the latter.
