Jam' al Jam. See 'Union of Union'.
(Jam' al Addad). The coincidence or bringing together of opposites. The Name 'Allah' denotes both Essence and Divinity and brings together all the Names.
(Jam' al Jam'). Gathering of the gathering. Jam' al jam' is the experience of union devoid of all distinctions, even of the idea of being one with Allah. This is the station of 'Two Bows' Length', the station of Perfection which is attained only by t...
(Jam' u tafriqa). Jam' is collectedness and tafriqa is separation. Tafriqa is a state when the mystic becomes conscious of himself as an individual and returns to himself after the ecstasy of intoxication with the Beloved. The highest degree of know...
(Jam'i Himmat). Concentration or gathering of one's spiritual resolve upon the object of desire, and that Object is Allah.
(Jam' Salamat). This is the union which Allah produces in His lover who is in ecstasy and rapture. In such a state Allah causes the lover to receive and fulfil His commandments.
(Jam' Taksir). Broken union. This is the state when man's judgement is distraught and bewildered and he is excused from performing religious obligations.
(Jam'iyyah).
(Jam'uhu al Diddayn). When asked, 'Through what do you know Allah?' one of the Masters answered, 'Through the fact that He brings opposites together'.
(Jamaraat al Thalaatha). The three pillars represent the self, the character and habit. Through the action of stoning the pillars, one annihilates these qualities and replaces them with the seven attributes of Allah.
Jannah - see 'Paradise'.
(Jannati Dhat). This Paradise is inhabited by Allah's chosen ones, the People of Solitude of the Essence, who witness only Allah.
(Jar). This term comes from the Sufi expression 'the Neighbour first, then His House' (Al jar, thumma 'd-dar), which implies that all spiritual aspirations must be exclusively concentrated upon Allah Himself. He is the Goal. The bewilderment of the...
(Jaras). The ringing or pealing of bells. Jaras applies to the descent of a divine message upon the slave. Its arrival is overpowering because it comes with divine force.
(Jasad) refers to those imaginal objects which are witnessed in the World of Imagination. This is the appearance of a corporeal body in the imaginal realm. The reality of imagination is to embody that which is not properly a body.
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