(Ruh al Muhammadi).The spirit, which is a limitation of Allah, The Creative Truth, is the first emanation from the Absolute. This emanation is the Ruh al Muhammadi. Here the spirit is absolutely pure. This plane is free from materiality. It is the p...
(Ruh al Idafi). The attributed spirit. Allah breathed His Spirit into man. In possessing the indistinct status of being both Divine and human the spirit is called Al Ruh al Idafi. It is 'attributed' to Allah.
(Ruh al Ilahi) is 'uncreated'. It is also called the Holy Spirit and the Reality of Muhammad.
(Ruh al Kull). The Universal Spirit from which the spirit has emerged. The spirit (ruh) prostrates to the Universal Spirit.
(Arwah). Spirits or spiritual realities. These may be corporealized within the Realm of Imagination.
(Ruhani). Spiritual or that which is of the spirit.
(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...
(Silsilat). The Spiritual Chain of each tariqa descends from the Holy Prophet Muhammad himself (May the Salutations of Allah be upon him and Peace) down to the present-day Shaykh. It is through his attachment to the silsilat that the newly initiated...
(Sama'). The spiritual concert or 'audition' or 'listening'. This term refers specifically to the Sufi gatherings where music and song are employed as a means of opening the heart to inrushes of knowledge and awareness. During the spritual concert, ...
(Adab) is spiritual courtesy and gracious behaviour of the Path and perfect refinement of words and deeds. Adab is giving each thing and each moment its proper due. The science of the higher teaching is based upon adab, which encompasses all of human...
(Adab al suhba). This is the mutual respect and gracious behaviour which exists between the Murshid and his murid. The murid needs the Murshid who needs the murid! The Murshid's adab towards the murid springs from his own intrinsic need of Allah. The...
(Adab al Haqiqah). Spiritual courtesy requires two or duality. Essential Reality is Allah, therefore the spiritual courtesy of Essential Reality is the courtesy of Allah Himself. This adab is the abandonment of adab.
(Adab al khidma). Those who serve Allah must observe the refined etiquette which is due to their King. The spiritual courtesy of service permeates all aspects of their lives because each moment of their lives is service to Allah.
(Adab al sharia'). This is the Divine courtesy which Allah has taught by revelation and inspiration. Through the spiritual courtesy of the sacred law He formed the Holy Prophet Muhammad (May the Salutations of Allah be upon him and Peace) who then fo...
(Adab al Haqq). This spiritual courtesy requires a knowledge of the hierarchy of existence, in which each and every existent has its own right or truth. The man who possesses 'spiritual courtesy of the Truth' understands 'The Real through Whom Creati...
