\n Amir-ul-Momineen -asws says in a sermon...

\n Amir-ul-Momineen -asws says in a sermon: The Knowledge was concise but it was expanded (made complicated) by the idiots [2] .\u00a0 Human arrogance, ego, deceit and greed, supported by Iblis -la , started to work against the Holy Message from the beginning; the first incident on the Earth was the killing of a quarter of human population, when Kabil -la (Cain) martyred Habil -as (Abel).\u00a0 This fight between the just and unjust had continued since then, Allah -azwj would Send a New Messenger -as , after the previous Commandments had been distorted by the unbelievers.\u00a0 This is evident by the various sects of religion, which would sprout out immediately after the departure of a nation\u2019s Prophet -as .

\n The Last of Divine religions \u2018Islam\u2019 also met with the same fate as we can easily identify, from many of its sects, while each sect claiming to be on the right path and being convinced that the others have gone astray.\u00a0 However, it is the duty of an individual to find out if the Path, which he\/she is following is free from any deviations from the \u2018Original Message\u2019 and if the enemies of Allah -azwj have not doctored it during the past hundreds of years, and that should be one\u2019s foremost priority to not only scrutinise all aspects of one\u2019s faith and try to restore it by going back to – the \u2018True teachings\u2019 left behind by the last Prophet -saww of Islam?

\n The formation of Islamic sects is certainly outside the scope of this short article; here we will confine our discussions only to the followers of twelve Infallible Imams -asws , the \u2018Shias\u2019.\u00a0 The Shias today, can broadly be divided into two major branches, (1) the \u2018unorthodox\/rationalist\/Usoolis\u2019; (2) the \u2018orthodox\/traditionalist\/Akhbaris\u2019.\u00a0 The topic covering the formation of these two branches has also been dealt with through a separately articles but here the mystical aspects, which influence, to a certain extent, both these groups as well as all those who are unable to relate themselves with these two streams, are presented.