Editing Religious experience (section)

===Islam===
While all Muslims believe that they are on the pathway to God and will become close to God in Paradise&nbsp;– after death and after the "Final Judgment"&nbsp;– [[Sufism|Sufis]] believe that it is possible to become close to God and to experience this closeness while one is alive.{{sfn|Godlas|n.d.}}

The ''[[tariqa]]'', the 'path' on which the mystics walk, has been defined as 'the path which comes out of the Shariah, for the main road is called shar, the path, tariq.' No mystical experience can be realized if the binding injunctions of the Shariah are not followed faithfully first. The ''tariqa'' however, is narrower and more difficult to walk. It leads the adept, called ''salik'' (wayfarer), in his ''suluk'' (wandering), through different stations (''maqam'') until he reaches his goal, the perfect ''tauhid'', the existential confession that God is One.{{sfn|Schimmel|1975|p=99}}