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Q80 (CDS-I/2018) History & Culture › Culture, Literature, Religion & Philosophy › Bhakti, Sufi and Sikh movements Answer Verified

Which one of the following statements is not correct?

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Your answer:  ·  Correct: D
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Al-Biruni, in his work 'Kitab-ul-Hind', extensively compared Sufi doctrines with Indian philosophy. He identified parallels between the Sufi concept of divine love (ishq) and self-annihilation (fana) with passages from the Bhagavad Gita. He also noted that Sufi theories regarding the soul and its liberation were strikingly similar to the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Furthermore, the Hatha Yogic text 'Amrita Kunda' (The Pool of Nectar) was translated into Persian and Arabic, significantly influencing Sufi meditative practices and breath control techniques. However, statement 4 is incorrect because while Hujwiri (Data Ganj Bakhsh) in his 'Kashf al-Mahjub' discussed various sects and practices, he was generally critical of the yogis' physical claims and did not express being 'impressed' by their anatomical divisions in the manner suggested; rather, he maintained a strict orthodox Sufi perspective on spiritual stations [1].

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  1. [1] http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/4797/1/4797_2266.PDF
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