"...for the Sufis, we are actually spiritual beings who are undergoing a transient human experience. It is in this context that we can comprehend the Sufi quest to experience God in the present world, to feel His majestic presence and to remove that separate human from the divine. This mystical quest precipitated the concept of adoring God. Adoration of God, in Islamic mysticism takes many forms. These range from various forms of ascetic exercises, self-mortification, vigils, protracted prayers, meditation to emulating the spiritual exercises of the Prophet Muhammad."