Sufism is claims to be the reality of religion within Islam that encompasses a diverse range of beliefs and practices dedicated to Divine love and the cultivation of the elements of the Divine within the individual human being.

The practice of Sufi whirling (or Sufi dance), is a twirling meditation that originated among the Turkish Sufis, which is still practiced by the Dervishes of the Mevlevi order. It is a symbolic ritual through which dervishes (also called semazens) aim to reach the "perfect" (kemal). They try to desert their nefs', egos or personal bad desires by listening to their master and sufi music, thinking about God and whirling which resembles the rotation of other beings such as electrons and planets of the micro- and macrocosmos.