The Language of the Future
Sufi Terminology
by Murshid F.A. Ali ElSenossi
al-Ahad
Unique, The
(Al Ahad). The Unique, The One, The Only. One of the Beautiful Names of Allah. The Principle insofar as It is One in itself. The mystery of intrinsic Unity.
(Azal). The Eternity-without-Beginning. Independence from creation belongs to the Essence from Eternity-without-Beginning and poverty towards Allah in His Independence belongs to the possible thing in its state of non-existence from Eternity-without-Beginning. Azal is a dimension of the Divine Eternity, whose two other dimensions are Eternity-Without-End and Pre-existence.
