Is Sufism a school of thought? Wisdom is not restricted to one geographical spot such as a country, a city, a building or meetingplace. Sufism cannot be correctly described as a school of thought, if by that is meant the instruction of a certain doctrine; but it might be correct to speak of it as a school of thought in the sense that through Sufism one learns wisdom, just as in a school one learns wisdom of a certain kind. Sufism is beyond philosophy.