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

Order by: Arabic English

Those who are brought near
al-muqarrabun

(Muqarrabun). Those who are brought close or near to Allah and are His favoured friends. Al muqarrabun are those perfect slaves who know that 'the Lord is the Lord and the slave is the slave'. They have beautiful moral courtesy with Allah, never over...

Those who bow
raki'un

(Rak'iun). The raki'un are the friends of Allah who never consider the cosmos in respect of its entity but only as a place of manifestation of Allah, the Real. They are humbled before Allah's Magnificence and Inaccessibility.

Thought
Khatir

Khatir. See 'Incoming thoughts'.

Three Pillars
Jamaraat al Thalaatha

(Jamaraat al Thalaatha). The three pillars represent the self, the character and habit. Through the action of stoning the pillars, one annihilates these qualities and replaces them with the seven attributes of Allah.

Throne of the All Encompassing
al-'arsh al muhit

('Arsh al Muhit). The Divine Throne that encompasses all things. It is also called the Throne of the Merciful ('Arsh ar-Rahman).

Throne of the All Merciful
Al 'Arsh ar-Rahman

(Al 'Arsh ar-Rahman).

Throne of the Essence
al-'arsh al dhat

('Arsh al Dhat). The Throne of the Essence. This is the Divine Will which relates to nothing but Itself.

Throne-Delimited
'arsh al-mahdud

('Arsh al Mahdud). The Delimited Throne is the Perfect Man who manifests the All-Comprehensive Name 'Allah'.

Throne-The Divine
al-'arsh

(Al 'Arsh). Allah, Who is without place, created a heaven called 'The Throne' where He could 'sit' in order for man to supplicate and seek his needs from Allah. This Throne upon which Allah 'sits' is the seat of those Divine Names that are bound to ...

Throne-The Greatest and Supreme
'arsh al akbar ('arsh al azam)

('Arsh al akbar) ('Arsh al athaam). The Greatest and Supreme Throne. This is the heart of the Perfect Man.

Thunderclap
sa'aq

(Sa'iq). The sudden thunderclap of annihilation of the self when the Divine Lordship becomes manifest.

Time
dahr

(Dahr). Allah is Time. He is a beginningless and endless 'Day' without night-time or daytime, but the properties of His Names and Attributes divide His 'Day' into many days. These are called the 'Days of Allah'. The attributes of these days are self...

Time
Waqt

Waqt - see 'Moment'.

Time
Al Miqaat

(Al Miqaat). The precise time. This is an indication to the Heart – Mecca – the state of Divinity.

Time of Ignorance
al-jahiliyya

(Jahiliyya). The Era of Ignorance. Everything that occurred before initiation into the Spiritual Path of Return is seen, in retrospect, as Al Jahiliyya. And, the 'moment that has just gone' is an era of ignorance when compared to 'this present moment...