The Language of the Future

Sufi Terminology by Murshid F.A. Ali ElSenossi

Arabic words starting with A

ahadiyyat al-kathra
Unity of multiplicity or manyness

(Ahadiyyat al Kathra). This is Being when considered as possessor of the Names.

ahadiyyat al-kulliyah
Unity of the Universal

(Ahadiyyat al Kulliyah).

ahadiyyat al-mujma
Unity of the United

(Ahadiyyat al Mujma).

ahadiyyat al-musamma
Unity of the Named

(Ahadiyyat al Musamma). The Unity of the Named (and the Named is Allah).

ahkam
Rulings

(Ahkam). Orders or determinations or laws or rulings. Allah has set down these ahkam in His Sacred Law. Certain gnostic sciences are contained within these rulings but they are not unveiled unless the rulings are put into practice. This is due to His...

Ahkam
Orders

Ahkam - see Rulings

Ahkam
Determinations

Ahkam - see 'Rulings'.

ahl
People

(Ahl). People or relations. These are the descendants of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (May the Salutations of Allah be upon him and Peace). The entire creation are his descendants through his light which is from the Light of Allah. The term 'ahl' specif...

Ahl
Relations

Ahl - see 'People'.

ahl 'aql wa-taqyid wa-hasr
People of binding, limiting and restricting

(Ahl 'aql wa taqyid wa hasr). These are the people who bind and restrict Allah Almighty within the confines of their own limited beliefs.

Ahl al Fatarat
People of transition

(Ahl al Fatarat). These are the people to whom no prophet or messenger was sent. They have not heard or received or had contact with them. They lived in isolation or in a time 'between' messengers and will be judged based on what knowledge of the Div...

Ahl al Isharat
People of indications

(Ahl al Isharat).

ahl al-haqaiq
People of the Essential Realities

(Ahl al Haqaiq). Men who contemplate the Essential Realities. These are the ones who see beyond the veils which separate them from Reality.

ahl al-kashf wa'l-wujud
People of unveiling and finding

(Ahl al Kashf wal Wujud). These are the knowers. They have passed beyond the veils which stand between themselves and their Lord and they stand perpetually in His Presence.

ahl al-naqs
People of imperfection

(Ahl al Naqs). The people of perfection are rare. They are Allah's chosen friends. And, although the people of imperfection are numerous, each man has the innate potential to strive for perfection. It is his 'reason to be'. Those who enter the Spirit...

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