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

Poem (qasida) Religion (Deen) Adam (Adam) World ('alam) Knower ('alim) Eye ('ayn) Eternal (da'im) Bezel (al-fass) Awe (haybah) Veil (hijab) He (Huwa) Knowledge or science ('ilm) Leader of prayer (imam) Read (iqra') New (jadid) Hell (Jahannam) Bringing together (jam') Jewel (jawhar) Physical body (jism) Be (kan) Seal (khatm) Fear (khawf) Blamer (la'im) Place of Return (ma'ad) Non-existent (ma'dum) Keys (mafatih) Obliteration (mahq) Effacement (mahw) Bringing together (majmu') Deception (makr) Man (al-bashar) Meaning (ma'na) Spiritual Station (maqam) Object of vision (mar'i) Protected (ma'sum) Death (maut) Deviation (mayl) Key (miftah) One who is obeyed (muta') Obedient One (muti) Self (nafs) Bliss (na'im) Sleep (nawm) Folk (qaum) Men (rijal) Hearing (sam') Seth (Seth) Tree (al-shajarah) Form (sura) One (wahid) Mark (wasm) Wrongdoing (zulm) Rest (Muttaka) Needy (miskin) Lie (Zur)