The Language of the Future

Sufi Terminology by Murshid F.A. Ali ElSenossi

Arabic words starting with M

Muhdith
Manifested

(Muhdith). Manifested, produced, created, originated, engendered, generated, brought into being, made, caused. A certain aspect of the Divine within us.

muhibb
Lover

(Muhibb) This Name may be applied to Allah Himself when considering His slave to be His beloved, or it may be applied to the slave himself whose Beloved is Allah. In reality there is only one Beloved of Allah and that is the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Ma...

muhsin
Virtuous One

(Muhsin). The muhsin is the man with virtue, the one who has devoted all his efforts towards acquiring that quality of excellence and perfection, sanctifying virtue and spiritual beauty which is embodied in the followers of the Holy Prophet Muhammad...

muhyi-d-din
Reviver of the Religion

(Muhyi Din). The reviver of the religion (deen, din). He is the one who gives new Life to the deen. He drinks directly from the Water of Life and his words and actions give life to all of the inner and outer Islamic Teachings. He makes the Qur'an 'st...

mujaddid
Renewer

(Mujaddid). The Holy Prophet Muhammad promised that a renewer of the religion (deen) would be sent by Allah at the head of every hundred years.

mujahadah
Spiritual Struggle

(Mujahadah). The spiritual struggle and endeavour against the passions and downward-pulling tendencies of the lower self. Mujahadah is the ceaseless combat called the Greater Holy War. The war is fought with the celestial weapons of the Remembrance o...

mujahidun
Spiritual Warriors

(Mujahidun). These are the spiritual warriors who are engaged in the spiritual struggle (Mujahadah) of the Greater Holy War. The Mujahidun have turned towards Allah through the Remembrance of His Most Holy Name and endeavour to honour the Trust by fu...

mujhulun-nat
Beyond description

(Mujhulun-nat). That which is beyond description. The Essence Itself.

mukashafa
Unveilings

(Mukashafa). When the explanation of something expressed symbolically becomes apparent to someone with 'some force' and this causes an increase in state. There are three kinds of opening - the opening of verbal expression in the outward dimension a...

mukawwin al-asbab
Engenderer of Secondary Causes

(Mukawwin al Asbab). Those who see the One who engenders the secondary causes and never deny Allah, have clear sight.

mukhalafa
Opposition

(Mukhalafa). Opposition or incompatibility. Man has within him the possibility of setting himself up in opposition to Allah. The prescriptive command brings this possibility into existence. On a low level this opposition is in the form of a refusal t...

muktasab
Earned

(Muktasab). That which is earned. When a man sincerely endeavours to put the noble character traits into practice the traits are earned through that endeavour. The spiritual stations are acquired through endeavour and struggle. They are earned, in co...

mumathala
Likeness

(Mumathala). Knowledge of Allah can be gained through contemplation on those Divine Names whose likeness is found within the cosmos. These are the Names of Similarity (Tashbih).

mumkin
Possible thing

(Mumkin). The possible thing. The mumkin may or may not exist. Its existence in the world depends entirely upon the desire of Allah to bring it out from inward Knowledge within the Essence to outward manifestation within the world.

mumtani'
Impossible Thing

(Mumtani'). The impossible thing which may not have existence in the cosmos but may nonetheless exist within the mind of man. The realm of Imagination is where the impossible things become manifest.

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