MORAL DEVELOPMENT IN MYSTICAL ISLAMIC EDUCATION IN INDO-PAK SUBCONTINENT: SUFISM

This is the age of science and technology. Human identities and characteristics are converted into machines of consumption, feeding the desires of our bodies, but always to the detriment of the true desires of our souls. This has led us to a ʹmoral and spiritual voidʹ, resulting in a state of human disequilibrium. Islamic Sufism is a complete system of education where the process of teaching and learning is always in moral perspectives. Objectives of the study were to analyze the place of moral development in the objectives and contents of Education in the Sufic System of Education in the Indo-Pak Sub-Continent. The study was helpful to different stake holders like Religious Scholars, Educationists to understand the place and importance of moral development in the objectives and contents of education in the Sufic system of education in the Indo-Pak Sub-Continent. The study was also helpful for educational administrators to revise the objectives of their institutions to promote moral development in students. The study was of great importance for curriculum developers to re-construct their curriculum objectives and contents. The study was aimed to provide a guideline to research scholars to work on new line in educational research and study about moral enhancement in the sufic schools of thoughts. The study was delimited to analyze the moral development in view of one sufi saint, Sultan Bahoo who was a renowned sufi of Qadri order in Pakistan. The research was historical and descriptive in nature. The data was collected from primary and secondary resources. The instrument used by researcher was personal visits, thorough study and reading of source material.