(Tul wal 'ard). The Journey of Return to Allah is a Journey of bewilderment. Through the Infinite Grace of Allah the traveller becomes a lover, a knower and a slave of Allah. The veils which separate him from his Lord are lifted and the scales fall f...
('Ubbad). The worshippers are those who are dominated by renunciation and constant devotion. There are three types of Men of Allah: the worshippers, the Sufis, and the Verifiers who are the People of Blame.
(Uluhiyya/al Ulaha). The Level to which the Name 'Allah' refers is the Divinity while the Entity to which the Name 'Allah' refers is the Essence. Level and Entity are two distinct aspects of the Supreme Name 'Allah'. Al uluhiyya is the highest Level...
('Umana). This is another name for the exalted Men of Allah, the People of Blame.
(Umm al 'aliyat al kubra). This term refers to Nature as the Isthmus (al barzakh). She is the one who gives birth to all things.
(Umum). This term can indicate either the common people such as jurists and theologians, or the general run of the faithful or the generality of spiritual seekers who are distinct from the elect and the elect of the elect.
(Umur al Kulliyah) which remain interior with respect to individual existence, yet determine that existence.
('Unsur al Atham). This is the Materia Prima as a non-manifested Divine possibility. It is 'the dust' in its purely principial nature.
(Unmudhaj al farid). This is a term applied to the perfect human symbol, the Perfect Man. He is also the totality of the universe. He is the Spirit.
(al Wadud). One of the Beautiful Names of Allah.
(Al Wahdah) is situated between the Supreme Unity (Ahadiyyah) and the distinctive Oneness (Wahidiyyah). The slave of Allah seeks to be drowned in the Source of the Ocean of Divine Solitude. Within the Supreme Unity the slave is effaced. Within the Di...
(Al Wahhab). The Bestower. One of the Beautiful Names of Allah.
(Al Wahid al Ahad). This is a Name of the Essence. It denotes the Essence Itself, without any relationship by which it is described. 'One' is the Essence and 'Unique' is the Essence.
(Al Wahidiyya). Uniqueness or Oneness or Singleness. When considering al Ahadiyyah as Oneness it is inward Oneness where the Names and Qualities are hidden in the Essence. When considering al wahidiyyah as Oneness it is outward Oneness where the Esse...
(Al Wahid al Kathir). The Essence Itself, or Being, is called 'The Unity of the One'. When considering Being as Possessor of the Names it is called 'The Unity of Multiplicity'. When taking both perspectives into account Allah is called 'The One-The M...
