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

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mi'raj at-tahlil
Spiritual ascent of decomposition

(Mir'aj at Tahlil). Firstly man makes the Ascent of Composition which is the descent from inward non-manifestation within the Knowledge of Allah to the human level. The 'Uruj at Tarkib is the descent from Unity, through the Divine Presences to the re...

mishkat
Niche

(Mishkat). The niche or tabernacle. The word niche (mishkat) reaches us from the beautiful Verse of Light "Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The similitude of His Light is as if there were a Niche and within it a Lamp, the Lamp enclo...

miskin
Bereft

(Miskin). Poor and utterly and totally bereft. This miskin is the slave who is at the absolute extremity of need of Allah. He has been stripped of everything and exists purely to manifest the All-Comprehensive Name 'Allah'.

mithal
Similitude

(Mithal). Image or form or analogy or symbol. This term is synonymous with Imagination (khayal). The Mithal is the isthmus between the World of the Unseen and the Visible World and it is within this Realm of Imagination that man is given the clearest...

al-mithaq
Covenant

(Mithaq or 'Ahd). The Covenant refers to that 'event' or 'day' in pre-existence when all of the children of Adam bore witness to Allah's Lordship over them; Allah asked his non-existent creation, "Am I not your Lord?". They answered, "Yes, we bear w...

mizaj
Human Constitution

(Mizaj). The human constitution. The mizaj reflects the preparedness of the immutable entity on the corporeal level.

mizaj mustaqim
Human Constitution - harmonious

(Mizaj Mustaqim). The harmonious human constitution. This refers to that particular human constitution which is in a state of balance and harmony and is therefore prepared to receive Knowledge of Allah.

al-mizan
Scale

(Mizan). The scale or the balance. The Sacred Law is the scale in which must be weighed everything pertaining to Allah, to knowledge, to spiritual realization, to love and to the human state. The traveller on the Path of Return is required to purify ...

al-mizan al-'adl
Scale of Justice

(Mizan al 'Adl). The Scale of Justice.

al-mizan al-asli
Scale - Fundamental

(Mizan al Asl) The Fundamental Scale. This scale is the one in which the works of the servants shall be weighed on the Day of Resurrection.

al-mizan al-ilahi
Scale - Divine

(Mizan al Ilahi). The Divine Scale. This scale is the one which has been established by the Lawgiver.

al-mizan al-mashru'
Scale of the Revealed Law

(Mizan al Mashru'). This scale is the one which Allah has established for mankind in this world.

al-mizan al-shar'i
Scale of the Law

(Al Mizan al Shari'). This scale was established for this world while the Fundamental Scale (Al Mizan al Asli) was established for the next world.

mu'abbir
Interpreter

(Mu'abbir). The interpreter of a dream is the one who passes over (ta'bir) from the sensory form of the dream to the meaning contained within the dream's form. It is within the Realm of Imagination that meanings become clothed in forms.

al-Mu'adhdhib
Tormentor, The

(Al Mu'adhdhib). A Divine Name.