a shaykh that has advanced through tariqa has haqiqa and can see into the lives of his disciples in a spiritual sense. He has knowledge of pregnancies and sicknesses before his disciples tell him. He can see beyond the physical world because of his proximity to God and possession of haqiqa. Haqiqa is less a stage in itself and more the marker of a higher level of consciousness, which precedes the next and final stage, marifa. Marifat Marifat (), is knowledge acquired through experience. It is a term used by Sufi Muslims to describe knowledge of spiritual truth (Haqiqah) having lived through experiences. In Yazidism Like Sufism, Yazidism also makes use of the concepts of sharia, tariqa, haqiqa, and ma'rifa. In Yazidism, the concept of haqiqa ("[esoteric] truth") stands in contrast to the concept of sharia ("law" or "dogmatic legalism"), the latter which is frowned upon in Yazidi tradition. See also Hikmah Hikmat al-Muta’aliyah Irfan Ma'rifa Universality References Citations Sources Sufi philosophy Stage theories tr:Hakikat Kapısı