(Khashya). This is the type of terror and awe and dread which brings man near to Allah. It is the awe of Allah's Majesty, His Incomparability and Utter Unknowableness.
(Khassat al Khassa/Khusus al Khusus). The elect of the elect or the elite of the elite. These are the Great Sufis, the Verifiers. These great ones form the highest category of friends of Allah. They follow no one's authority because in themselves the...
(Khatm al Anbiya). Muhammad al Mustapha (May the Salutations of Allah be upon him and Peace) is the final Prophet of Allah. The Holy Prophet himself, and the message with which he was sent, contain everything that mankind needs to make the Journey o...
(Khatam al Awliya). He is also known as the The Pole or The Pivot or The Axis (Qutb). Within the Sufi hierarchy the Qutb occupies its peak. He is the one person in every era who forms the focus of Allah's supervision of the world.
(Khatm an Nubuwwah). Muhammad al Mustapha (May the Salutations of Allah be upon him and Peace) was sent to mankind with the final, complete and perfect prophecy.
(Khatm ar Rasul). This Seal is Muhammad al Mustapha (May the Salutations of Allah be upon him and Peace). After him there are no more Messengers sent by Allah to mankind because the Message of Rasulullah is the perfect and complete Message.
(Khatar). This term signifies the danger of relying on reflection because reflection is a state that is not preserved from error. Khatar also implies the danger faced by advanced ones on the Path who think they can leave the Sacred Law.
Khatir. See 'Incoming thoughts'.
(Khatir). Every divine command descends to the creation. As the thoughts descend, they gather all of the emanations of that which they pass through. Each thought penetrates all of the Celestial bodies and affects them in every movement according t...
(Khatm). The Holy Prophet Muhammad (May the Salutations of Allah be upon him and Peace) is the Seal of the Prophets and the Seal of the Messengers. Khatm is also the sign or seal of Allah upon the hearts of His Lovers. Such sanctified hearts are perm...
(Khawatir). Incoming thoughts, which are either praiseworthy or blameworthy, i.e. divine, spiritual, egocentric or satanic. The Spiritual Master possesses the science of khawatir, and therefore knows the source of his murid's incoming thoughts. He su...
(Khawf). Fear acts as a warning of something terrifying in the future. In the initial stages of the Spiritual Journey the murid experiences great fear of the treachery of his own self, and also the fear of falling short of his Murshid's directions....
(Khayal). Imagination indicates a reality that becomes manifest in three different places. Firstly, the Khayal is manifest within the cosmos where existence is the same as imagination. Secondly, the Khayal is manifest within the macrocosm where the...
(Khayal Haqiqi). The dream-visions seen by the Men of Allah (al Malamatiyya; al Muhaqqiqun; Rijal; Sufis) are 'True' because these perfected human beings have overcome their individual limitations. Their visions, not being coloured by their own selve...
(Khayr). Allah is the Sovereign Good. All goodness derives from Allah. Allah is not Goodness because He Wills to be Goodness, but rather He Wills Goodness because Goodness is what Allah Is in His Essence. Khayr is everything that is positive, useful...
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