(Asrar). The asrar are hidden within the depths of the inner consciousness. They pass between the purified centre of the emancipated soul (who is a true slave!) and his Lord. All of the secrets derive from the Holy Prophet Muhammad (May the Salutatio...
(Asrar i-ruh). Secrets of the spirit. These are the secret things which are intuited by the spirit and of which the heart is not even aware.
('Assa). The staff of Prophet Musa (Peace be upon him). The staff symbolizes the (corporal) world which it is to be feared when it controls and dominates. However, the knower of Allah can take it up, as did the Prophet Musa, and use it in the Way of ...
(Athar). Remainders or traces or vestiges or effects. The effects of the Divine Names are the phenomena of the cosmos. That is, the things and the forms and the entities which manifest the Names are the effects. When the inner-eye is opened the 'seer...
(Aubat). To return from one's self to Allah. This is the station of the Prophets and friends of Allah.
(Aw adna). This term implies Union and disappearance in Allah. It is the final stage in the ascension to Allah, coming after the stage of Qaba Qawsayn ('Two Bows' Length'). It is purely through the Grace of Allah that the station of 'Or Nearer' is at...
('Awalim). Universes or worlds.
(Awliya). The friends of Allah. These are His Saints. Their knowledge is not derived from reflection. Allah has purified them of that type of knowledge. They possess the opening of unveiling through Allah, the Real, Himself. The awliya are those with...
(Awrad). This is the spiritual work undertaken by the murid with the direct permission of his Murshid. The awrad consists of units of dhikr, in the form of repetition of Divine Names, Qur'anic verses and sacred litanies. Within tariqa it is the actua...
(Awtad). Within the Sufi hierarchy there are Four True Men, al Awtad, the Pillars, whose stations are the four corners of the world - East, West, North, South.
(Al Awwal). The First. One of the Beautiful Names of Allah. The Supreme Principle insofar as it is ‘before’ Manifestation, and insofar as its infinitude ‘desires’ its Radiation. Mystery of the Origin, of the primordial perfection.
(Al Awwaliyyah). Firstness of Beginning. This is the primordiality.
(Ayan). The form or archetype or first essences or determinations of things. These are eternally known to Allah.
(Ayan al Thabita). The immutable entities or fixed prototypes or established essences or potentialities. These are the infinite and immutable Possibilities which are fixed in the Ipseity. The fixed entities are the images of the Divine Names and Qua...
(Ayat). A miraculous sign. The miraculous signs of Allah are within us and they surround us. Ayat also means verse. Each verse (ayat) of The Qur'an is a miraculous sign (ayat). The recitation and contemplation upon these miraculous signs may take the...
