- Sufism cannot be called deism, for the Sufi does not consider God as an entity separate from oneself.
- Neither can it be called pantheism, because the Sufi not only sees the immanence of God in nature, but also realizes God's Essence in the infinite, naming God Allah, the Formless, the Colorless.
- The Sufi is neither a believer in the unrealized God nor an unbeliever in the idealized Deity, and thus one is distinguished from godly and ungodly alike.
- The Sufi is not an atheist, for the Sufi denies neither God nor God's Messengers.
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