The Language of the Future
Sufi Terminology
by Murshid F.A. Ali ElSenossi

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as-sufi lam yukhlaq
Sufi is uncreated

(Al Sufi lam yukhlaq). The sufi is uncreated. To become homesick for the Real Home, that Divine and Tranquil Centre at the very Heart of man's being, is to be greatly blessed, for such a homesickness is a gift from Allah; it is the Grace of Allah. An...

al-suratu al-Muhammadiyyah
Muhammadan Form

(Suratul Muhammadiyyah). Allah created the Form of Muhammad from the Light of His Name, the Almighty Maker (al Badi' ul Qadir). The Allah regarded it with His Name, the All Subduing Giver (al Mannan ul Qahir), and then Allah displayed Himself to it i...

al-taba'i
Natures

(Taba'i). The natures (hot, cold, moist and dry) which make up a person's constitution and which undergo change under the influence of a spiritual state.

al-tabi'a
Nature

(Tabi'a). This is one of the names by which the Supreme Isthmus is known. Nature is called the highest and greatest mother because she is the one who gives birth to all things while remaining herself unseen. Through her receptivity all of the existe...

al-tabi'at al-kull
Nature-Universal

(Tabi'at al kull). The Universal Nature which is the Supreme Isthmus. It is synonymous with the Breath of the All Merciful. It is the forever invisible material which allows everything below the world of spirits to become manifest. Nature is the high...

al-tabib al-ilahi
Divine Physician

(Al Tabib al Ilahi). The divine physician. Al tabib al ilahi is one of the Sufi Masters, an Inheritor of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. Through possessing insight into his murids' spiritual conditions he is able to dispense the correct medicine, in the c...

al-takhalluq bi akhlaq Allah
Assuming the character traits of Allah

(Takhalluq bi akhlaq Allah). This is synonymous with assuming the traits of Allah's Names.

al-takhalluq bi asma' Allah
Assuming the traits of Allah's Names

(Takhalluq bi Asma Allah). This is synonymous with assuming the character traits of Allah.

al-takhalluq bi'l-asma' a'-ilahiyya
Assuming the traits of the Divine Names

(Takhalluq bil Asma Ilahiyya).

al-tamkin fi'l-talwin
Stability in variegation

(Tamkin fil talwin). The state of Perfection is that of stability in variegation which is the state of the Perfected Ones, those who have arrived.

al-tashabbuh bi'l-ilah
Similarity to Allah

(Tashabbuh billah). Gaining similarity to Allah. This is synonymous with assuming [the Divine Character Traits].

al-tawassu' al-ilahi
Divine Vastness

(Tawassu' al ilahi). The Self-disclosure of Allah never repeats itself because the Divine Vastness forbids repetition. The heart of man has the most tremendous capacity because Allah says in a Hadith Qudsi, "the heavens and earth contain Me not but t...

at-tawhil
Turbidity

(Tawhil). Turbidity or disorder or disruption. While engaged in spiritual struggle during the early stages of the Journey, the traveller will experience periods of turbidity due to his spiritual imbalances. Turbidity and disruption are the direct res...

at-Tawwab
Ever Relenting, The

(Al Tawwab). The Ever-Relenting. One of the Beautiful Names of Allah.

al-thaqalan
Two weighty ones

(Thaqalan). These are the jinn and mankind, for whom the Scales were established, in order that they may not exceed the balance. "And He has set up the Balance (of Justice) in order that you may not transgress (due) balance" ( 55:7-8). 'The two weig...