So Sufism is considered a minority sect, so to speak. And most Egyptians are Sunnis.

可以说，苏菲教派被看作少数教派。大部分埃及人是逊尼派。

As Rumi increasingly embraced Sufism under Shams' influence, many of his earlier followers disapproved.

在沙姆斯的影响下，鲁米越来越多地接受了苏菲主义，但他之前的许多追随者却并不赞成。

Eventually, I left home for college and without the daily grounding of Sufism in my life, I felt unmoored.

最后，我离家去读大学，并且日常生活中没有了苏非主义，我感到生活没了重心。

She hopes she can change that through Sufism and the written works of Rumi, possibly the most well-known Sufi.

她希望通过苏菲主义和鲁米(可能是最著名的苏菲派)的著作来改变这一观念。

Rather than turning away from Sufism, Rumi became more devoted, participating in ritualized dancing and preaching the religion of love through lectures, poetry, and prose.

鲁米并没有放弃苏非主义，而是更加虔诚，参与仪式化的舞蹈，并通过演讲、诗歌和散文宣扬爱的宗教。

While he had been exposed to Sufism — the mystical path within Islam, which focuses on experiencing God's love — he'd shown little interest in it.

虽然他曾接触过苏菲主义——伊斯兰教中的神秘派别，关注于体验真主的爱——但他对此兴趣不大。

While Sufism had been part of Islamic observance for centuries, the practices of some Sufis — from ecstatic dancing to composing poetry — were looked down upon by conservative religious elites.

几个世纪以来，苏菲主义一直属于伊斯兰教戒律，但一些苏菲派的做法——从心醉神迷舞蹈到创作诗歌——却被保守的宗教精英所鄙视。