The Language of the Future

Sufi Terminology by Murshid F.A. Ali ElSenossi

Arabic words starting with T

Ta'afouf
Abstain

(Ta'afouf). To abstain from. The suspension of the marital relationship between husband and wife during the Hajj is an Indication to the elevation of utilisation of existence; connecting oneself to the Divine Nature, thereby surpassing the human elem...

ta'ah
Obedience

(Ta'ah). The one who wants to know Reality must strive in all his acts of obedience until Allah becomes his hearing, his seeing and all of his other faculties. Obedience to, and supreme respect of, the Sacred Law is essential from the outset on the S...

ta'ajjub
Wonder

(Ta'ajjub). Wonder occurs when the veils are removed and the slave sees Allah established in all places and at all times. When the slave has been annihilated in the Source and then returned to the humanity to work in the Way of Allah. When Allah is...

ta'alluh
Deification

(Ta'alluh). Deification. In the higher teaching, this term indicates the condition when the slave becomes drowned in the Name 'Allah'. Here there is no seeing and no hearing and no speaking. All is Allah. All of the senses have been spiritualized an...

ta'alluq
Connection

(Ta'alluq). Connection or firm adherence. Ta'alluq signifies a relationship, such as that which exists between an attribute and its object, or a name and its effect. When considering Self-annihilation (fana') as three distinct stages, ta'alluq occupi...

ta'ayyun
Self-determination

(Ta'ayyun). To be or to become an entity. Ta'ayyun is self-determination or entification or individualisation. This term is applied to the process of descent through which Pure Being gradually becomes qualified. Man is Absolute Being limited by ta'ay...

Ta'ayyun
Individualization

Ta'ayyun - see 'Self determination'.

ta'ayyun awwal
First Determination

(Ta'ayyun Awwal). The First Entification or the First Epiphany or the First Determination or the First Descent. This is the World of Invincibility, the Reality of Muhammad, the Inscribed Book. Its other Names include 'Or Nearer', the Veil of Glory an...

ta'ayyun jasadi
Self-determination (corporeal bodies)

(Ta'ayyun jasadi). Self-determination of Being in corporeal bodies.

ta'ayyun mithali
Self-determination (imaginal forms)

(Ta'ayyun Mithali). Self-determination of Being in imaginal forms.

ta'ayyun ruhi
Self-determination (Spirits)

(Ta'ayyun Ruhi). Self-determination of Being in spirits.

ta'ayyun thani
Second Determination

(Ta'ayyun thani). The Second Entification or Second Epiphany. This is the Angelic Realm and is also known as the Imagination. The Lote Tree of the Uttermost Boundary, the Breath of the All Merciful and the Cloud. This is the Supreme Isthmus.

ta'bir
Interpretation

(Ta'bir). Interpretation or crossing over. An example of such crossing over is that of the intepreter of a dream who crosses over from the sensory form of the dream to the hidden meaning. The interpreter (mu'abbir) then gives expression to the inwar...

ta'rif
Giving of Knowledge

(Ta'rif). The giving of Divine knowledge may occur through unveiling or within dream-visions or through inspiration. The giving of knowledge (ta'rif) is distinct from the knowledge gained through reflection.

ta'rif ilahi
Divine bestowal of knowledge

(Ta'rif ilahi). Man is born into ignorance. He does not know why he has been born, what is the purpose of existence, whether his end will be felicitous or wretched. Man is utterly ignorant of Allah's Knowledge of him. Through a Divine bestowal of kn...

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