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

Changed Ones (abdal) Actions (af'al) Spiritual States (ahwal) Higher (a'la) World ('alam) Work ('amal) Intellect (al-'aql) Lawful (halal) Misguidance (idlal) Majesty (jalal) Boredom (malal) Slave (al 'abd) Spiritual courtesy (adab) Custom ('ada) Torment and chastisement ('adhab) Just, The (al-'Adl) Justice ('adl) Lower (adna) World, external or outer (afaq) Reflections (afkar) Rulings (ahkam) People (ahl) People of a spiritual state (ahl'l hal) Corporeal bodies (ajsam) Character traits (akhlaq) Sign ('alama) Knower ('alim) Higher Beings ('alin) Allah (ALLAH) Divine command (al-amr) Images or similars (amthal) I (ana) Breaths (anfas) Lights (anwar) Knower through intellect (al 'aqil) Poles (aqtab) Accident ('arad) Lords (arbab) Earth (al-ard) Spirits (arwah) Foundation (asas) Secondary Causes (asbab) Origin (asl) Names (asma') Secrets (asrar) Staff of Moses ('assa) Traces (athar) Return from one's self to Allah (aubat) Spiritual work (awrad) Sign (ayat) One Essence (al-'ayn) Eternity without beginning (al-azal) Grandeur ('azamah) Affliction (bala) Aniti Christ (dajjal) Argument (dalala) Sphere (falak) Spiritual State (hal) Destruction (halak) Temple (haykal) Incarnation (hulul) Trial (ibtila) Undifferentiated mode (ijmal) god ('ilah) Motivation ('illah) Receive (iqbal) Nondelimitation (itlaq) Inaccessibility ('izza) Hell (Jahannam) Recompense (jaza') Speech (kalam) Perfection (kamal) Friendship (khalal) Seal (khatm) All (al-kull) Night (layla) Place of Self-disclosure (majla) Vassal (marbub) Similitudes (mathal) Lord (maula) Place of Allah's Self-disclosure (mazhar) Impossible (muhal) Consideration (nazar) Speaker (al-qa'il) Sufi Singer (qawwal) Men (rijal) Pray (salah) Peace (salam) Prayer (salat) Demand (talab) Ezra ('Uzair) Passionate upheaval (walah) Friend, The (al-Wali) Evanescence (zawal) Shadow (zill) Islam (B) (islam)