IMPACT OF SPIRITUAL PRAYER AND SPIRITUAL INTEREST ON SPIRITUAL LOVE AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT IN DARAZI SCHOOL OF SUFI THOUGHT

Abstract

The current empirical research examines the impact of spiritual prayer and spiritual interest on spiritual love and its impact on spiritual development in the Darazi School of Sufi Thought. Spirituality and spiritual development have been investigated in previous research. However, little research has been done so far to establish the association between the latent constructs of the research model.  The population comprises all the public sectors, including general, medical, and engineering universities in Sindh province. The Unit of analysis was an individual research participant of the Darazi School of Sufi Thought (DSOST). By employing convenience sampling techniques to collect the quantitative data the usable sample size was n=274. Researchers used SPSS v.27 for data screening and SmartPLS 4 for outer and inner models. Results revealed that all the hypotheses were supported except one indirect effect. First, Spiritual prayer has a significant impact on spiritual love. Second, Spiritual interest has a significant impact on spiritual love. Third, Spiritual love has a significant impact on spiritual development. Fourth, Spiritual love mediates the association between prayer and spiritual development. Fifth, divine love does not mediate the association between divine interest and divine development at DSOST. Empirical research findings are useful for students, teachers, administrators, policymakers, curriculum developers, and people from

all walks of life, irrespective of caste, color and creed.