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

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Receptivity
qabiliyya

(Qabiliyya). This indicates the receptivity of an entity to receive.

Reckoner, The
al-Hasib

(Al Hasib). One of the Beautiful Names of Allah.

Recluses
al-mufarridun

(Mufarridun). The Recluses are those who seek retirement from mankind. They are contrasted with the Men of Perfection, The People of Blame, who are perpetually in the Divine Presence regardless of the outside situation. The hearts of the People of B...

Recommended
mandub

(Mandub). Those aspects of the Sacred Law which man is encouraged to perform.

Recompense
jaza'

(Jaza'). The next world is the abode of recompense. Wretchedness and felicity become manifest there.

Red Sulphur
kibrit ahmar

(Kibrit Ahmar). This term is used to indicate a highly personal spiritual realization or a vision of great rarity. The Red Sulphur is the sought-after and rare working principle which turns base metal into gold. Finding one's Spiritual Guide/Murshid ...

Reflection
al-fikr

(Fikr). Reflection or the power of thought and cogitation. It is the ability to put together the details accumulated by the senses and acquired through the imagination. Fikr is a quality possessed only by man, and even though it is one of the means t...

Reflection
tafakkur

(Tafakkur). To reflect or meditate upon things. The root of all engendered things is the Most Beautiful Names of Allah. Therefore tafakkur is connected to them, not to the Essence.

Reflections
afkar

(Afkar). Meditations and contemplations on the Names and Attributes of Allah, the Real. The Essence Itself is Unknowable and it is this aspect of Himself about which Allah warns us in The Qur'an. To reflect upon the Essence is not possible, however i...

Reflective Consideration
Nadhr al Fikri

Nadhr al Fikri - see 'Consideration-Reflective'.

Relations
nisab

(Nisab). The cosmos, which is plurality, consists of relations. Allah has placed the Divine Names between Himself and the cosmos, and from this connection relationships are formed. Examples of such correlations are the Creator and the created, the ...

Relations
Ahl

Ahl - see 'People'.

Relations-Essential
nisab dhatiyyah

(Nisab Dhatiyyah). The archetypes, or fixed entities, in their state of non-existence, are the pure essential relations without proper forms.

Relationship
nisba

(Nisba). Lordship is the relationship of the 'He-ness' to the entity. The 'He-ness' in Itself does not require such a relationship, but it is the entities that demand it. Allah has placed the Divine Names between Himself and the cosmos, and from th...

Religion
Deen

Deen - see 'Life Transaction'.