Question

Name any two great Sufis of Central Asia.

Answer 1

Hint: Sufism’s history in Central Asia came forward in order to safeguard Islam as well as interests of the Muslims. Sufism activities like politics, involvement in the state business and fighting are avoided.

Complete answer:
The major two great Sufis of Central Asia are Ghazzali and Rumi.
Al-Ghazali was one of the very well known and influential Persian Muslim philosophers of the Sunni Islam. He was considered a Mujaddid,meaning a renewer of the faith, by a lot of Muslims. He was awarded the honorific title that said "Proof of Islam" for his contemporaries. He had a strong belief that the Islamic spiritual tradition had become expired along with the spiritual sciences that were taught by the first generation of Muslims and were forgotten. This ended up in his writing. His magnum opus entitled "The Revival of the Religious Sciences". He had also contributed to the development of a systematic view of Sufism as well as its integration and acceptance in mainstream Islam. He was also referred as the key member of the influential Asharite school of Muslim philosophy.
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi who was famous by the name of Rumi was a 13th-century Persian poet, Islamic scholar, as well as Sufi mystic. Rumi's influence is not limited to any kind of borders and ethnic divisions. Iranians, Turks, Greeks, and other Central Asian Muslims have greatly appreciated his spiritual legacy for the last seven centuries. His poems have been majorly translated into a lot of languages as well as several formats. In the United States, Rumi has been described as the "most popular poet" and the "best selling poet". Rumi's works are majorly written in Persian, but he at times he also used Turkish, Arabic, and Greek in his verses. His Masnavi, composed in Konya, is said to be one of the greatest poems of the Persian language. His works are widely read even today in their original language across Greater Iran. Translations of his works are very popular in the countries of Turkey, Azerbaijan, the United States, and South Asia etc.

Note:
Sufi saints (or Wali) have played a significant role in spreading the culture of Islam throughout the globe. In accordance with the traditional Islamic point of view, a saint is depicted as the one "marked by divine favor along with holiness", and also someone who’s “chosen by God and endowed with exceptional gifts, like the ability to work miracles.”