another thing i have noticed is when my dad needs his "namaz" (the one his pir told him to read) he is just saying alif-lam-meem and other letters with what surahs start with. He does that for an hour , what the hell is all that about ? I also think one time i heard my grandad(fathers pir) say that he knows what those words mean, and also there is x amount of secret meanings which Ali(ra) was told. In history has there ever been any other misguided "sufis" such as these ?