The Language of the Future

Sufi Terminology by Murshid F.A. Ali ElSenossi

Arabic words starting with B

bab
Door or gate

(Bab) Door or gate. Sitting patiently, with total respect and utter humility, at Allah's door, is the work within tariqa. While knocking on Allah's door the murid waits mindfully, never distracted, in readiness for whatever Allah Wills for him. The l...

Bab
Gate

Bab - see 'Door'.

bahr
Sea or Ocean

(Al Bahr). This term has several meanings. It is one of the most powerful symbols of Divine Unity and Absolute Being. When the lover reaches this Mighty Sea and plunges into its Waters, he is lost. The drop becomes the Sea. Also, between the Sea of M...

Bahr
Ocean

Bahr -see 'Sea'.

bala
Affliction

(Bala). The friends of Allah are visited by many sicknesses and tribulations. Affliction refers to bodily illnesses and diverse troubles. It is Allah's favour to His friends. They love only Allah and see only Allah, so whatever comes from Allah is go...

baqa'
Abiding in Allah

(Baqa). Subsistence with Allah for perpetuity. After the stage of annihilation in Allah, Allah either keeps His slave in this Station of stations or He sends him back to the world to perfect the still imperfect ones. Abiding is the slave's return to...

barakah
Spiritual energy

(Barakah) is a subtle spiritual energy which flows through everything, but is strongest within the human. The more purified the human becomes, the greater the flow of barakah. Overpowering barakah can be experienced in sacred places, in sacred art an...

Barakah
Blessing

Barakah - see 'Spiritual Energy'.

barazikh
Isthmuses

(Barazikh). Spiritual isthmuses.

Barzakh al 'Ala
Supreme Isthmus

Barzakh al 'Ala - see 'Isthmus-Supreme'.

barzakh al-barazikh
Isthmus of Isthmuses

(Barzakh al Barazikh). This term refers specifically to The Perfect Man.

barzakh-i-hayil
Istmus of partitioning

(Barzakh i-Hayil). Partitioning isthmus.

barzakhiyya
Intermediate state

(Barzakhiyya). Isthmuseity or intermediate state.

basar
Sight

(Basar) 'Sight' is the outward eye which perceives the World of the Visible as compared with the inward eye (basirah) which perceives the World of the Unseen.

basar al-'arif
Sight of the Knower

(Basar al 'Arif). The true slave is both a knower ('arif) and a lover ('ashiq) of Allah. When Allah loves such a slave Allah Himself becomes 'the eye with which he sees ... '

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