Marifa (Arabic: المعرفة), which literally means knowledge, is the term used by Sufi Muslims to describe mystical intuitive knowledge of spiritual truth reached through ecstatic experiences, rather than revealed or rationally acquired.
In one of the earliest accounts of the Maqamat-l arba'in ("forty stations") in Sufism, Sufi master Abu Said ibn Abi'l-Khayr lists marifa as the 25th station: "Through all the creatures of the two worlds, and through all the people, they perceive Allah, and there is no accusation to be made of their perception."
Marifat is one of the «four stage» of Sufism:
I wish I was cool
Yeah, cooler than you
I wish I was cool
Yeah, cooler than you
I wish I had bangs and black leather jacket
A movie-star girl and a big hit record
I wish I was cool
Yeah, cooler than you
I am a nobody
I just want to be cool
I am a nobody
I just want to be cool
(Yeah)
I wish I was bad
Yeah, bad as fuck
I wish I was bad
Yeah, bad as fuck
I wish I had a full-blown Maserati,
Thousand-dollar bills and a personal swami
I wish I was cool
Yeah, cooler than you
I am a nobody
I just want to be cool
I pretend that I'm you for a little while
I just want to be as cool as you
(Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool)
I am a nobody
I just want to be cool
I am a nobody
I just want to be cool