Quotes About ?ar?qah

Shiism is already and of itself the spiritual way, the ?ar?qah —that is to say, initiation.

Through his devotion to the holy Im?ms, the Shiite is predisposed to receive this initiation from them, and such initiation provides him with a direct and personal link with the spiritual world in its 'vertical dimension' without his having to enter formally into an organized ?ar?qah, as is the case in Sunnism.