(Al 'Abd al kulli). The Universal slave is the man who is slave ('Abd) to every (kulli) Divine Name.
(Al 'Abd ul Kamil). He is the Perfect Man because 'slavehood' is the ultimate state to which a man can attain.
('Adam/'udum). The state of non-existence or non-being. Al 'adam is the absence or nothingness. In its positive sense it indicates the state of non-manifestation within the Knowledge of Allah (that state to which the perfect slave retires). In its ne...
(Al Afrad). Within the Sufi hierarchy 'Al Afrad' are the Singular ones or the Individuals. These men are outside of the supervision of the Qutb, or Pole. Their head is The Green Prophet, Al Khidr.
(Al Ahbab). The absolute Beloved of Allah (Habibullah) is the Holy Prophet Muhammad and it is only through him that the yearning lover of Allah ('Ashiq) may be united with Allah. When the Beloved is named Ma'shuq, it refers to the Absolute Beloved, A...
(Al 'Alaam). One of the Beautiful Names of Allah.
(Al 'Aly). The Most High. The One Who is above and exceeds all others. The Most High, above whom there is nothing higher. One of the beautiful Names of Allah.
(Al 'Ama). The Essence. The Blindness, the Cloud. It is the symbol of the state of Absolute Non-Manifestation of the Divine Obscurity. It is the Inward aspect of the Essence (Dhat), The Hidden Treasure. It is what Allah creates in – the blackboard o...
Al 'Ama - see 'Blindness' and 'Air' (Hawa').
Al 'Anqa - see 'Phoenix'.
(Al 'Aqil). He is the intelligent one. Al 'Aqil does not necessarily indicate the one who knows Allah through unveiling (kashf). Al 'aqil knows through reasoning, which is a lower form of knowledge.
(Al 'Aql al Kulli).
(Al 'Arsh ar-Rahman).
(Al 'Atouf). The Affectionate. One of the Beautiful Names of Allah.
(Ayn al Wahid). The One Entity. This refers to Being in that all of existence is Its radiance and the existent things are Its properties and effects.
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