Allah تعالیٰ says:
“وَالَّذِينَ جَاهَدُوا فِينَا لَنَهْدِيَنَّهُمْ سُبُلَنَا”
(Surah Al-‘Ankabūt)
Meaning: Those who strive in Our path — We shall surely guide them to Our ways.
With complete اعتمادِ کلّی upon this Divine promise, the Sufis engage in مجاہدہ and thereby attain guidance. Guidance depends upon شرحِ صدر, and شرحِ صدر results from those Divine lights (انوارِ الٰہی) which descend from the unseen upon the heart.
Through the blessings of these انوارِ الٰہی, and through the wisdom that springs forth in the chest due to زہد فی الدنیا and قلتِ کلام, the Sufi attains from Allah a بصیرت from which others remain deprived. They are granted such understanding and perception as lies beyond the reach of ordinary people. By means of this بصیرت, understanding, and perception, the unveiling of realities and the rain of رموزِ معرفت that pours upon them from the عالمِ قدس is undoubtedly their special portion, in which others have no share.
Thus, the صوفیائے کرام do not transgress the حدودِ الٰہی. Rather, they invite people upon the basis of their بصیرت and enter among those who proclaim:
“أَدْعُو إِلَى اللَّهِ ۚ عَلَىٰ بَصِيرَةٍ أَنَا وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَنِي”
Meaning: “I call towards Allah upon بصیرت — I and those who follow me.