Now we are learning about the essential inner reality of the body and discovering the physical - chemical powers that make it function. (religion-online.org)
In Christian mystical tradition there is the same emphasis on discovering God as our deepest inner reality. (religion-online.org)
But some Sufis went too far in emphasizing haqiqa and minimizing the importance of shari`a and were eventually led into various degrees of the erroneous belief that the awareness of inner reality frees one from the moral obligations of the law. (religion-online.org)