The Language of the Future

Sufi Terminology by Murshid F.A. Ali ElSenossi

Arabic words starting with T

tajdid al-khalq fi'l-anat
Renewal of creation at each instant

(Tajdid al khalq fil anat). This is an incessant outpouring of Being into the manifest realm. The one with the preparedness to receive this perpetual irradiation of the Essence, realizing the ceaseless revelation and constant renewal within himself,...

tajrid
Detachment

(Tajrid). Detachment and complete disengagement from everything other-than-Allah, within the heart and within the secret.

takabbur
Pride

(Takabbur). Arrogance or pride.

takalluf
Burdened

(Takalluf). To be burdened or to take trouble. There is no heavier burden or greater trouble than one's own self, because the man who is occupied with his own self is far away from Allah.

takawwun
Come into being

(Takawwun). To come to be, which results from the Divine Command "Be!" (Kun!). This means that a thing acquires the property of being a locus of manifestation for Allah. This coming to be (takawwun) is an act of the thing not an act of Allah, because...

takhalli
Retreat

(Takhalli). Withdrawal or retreat or seclusion. Through desiring nearness to Allah, the slave must seclude himself by withdrawing from everything that distracts him from Allah.

takhallul
Permeation

(Takhallul). Intimate penetration and permeation and assimilation of the Divine Attributes into the slave. It is this takhallul which gives the lover no rest for his limbs and no sleep for his eyes. Every atom of his being has been activated to Life...

takhalluq
Assuming the Divine character traits

(Takhalluq). Assuming the (Divine) character traits. The alchemical activity of the spiritual work given to the murid by his Murshid, is the transformation of the base character traits into the Noble Character Traits. When considering the three dist...

takhlil
Soaked

(Takhlil). Soaked or wetting, through and through. This term refers to the knower who has been thoroughly drenched with the Love of Allah. This is a quality of the Station of Intimate Friendship.

takhliyah
Emptiness

(Takhliyah). Before the purification of the heart and the secret are achieved there must be an emptiness (takhliyah). Such an emptiness is attained ultimately through the Grace of Allah but also through the sincere observance of the spiritual work....

takwin
Be (bringing to being)

(Takwin). Bringing to be or making manifest or coming into existence. This is an Attribute of Allah which becomes manifest within His friends. However, if they are among the Great Men, their courtesy towards Allah will prevent them from exercising th...

Takwin
Making manifest

Takwin -see 'Be (bringing to being)'.

Takwin
Coming into existence

Takwin - see 'Making manifest'.

talab
Demand

(Talab). To enquire or to ask or to demand. The states of the entities demand (talab) the Divine Names. And the Divine Names demand relationships because the Divine Names are what makes the cosmos manifest. The new traveller on the Spiritual Path is...

taladhdhudh
Pleasurable

(Taladhdhudh). To take pleasure in. Sometimes it is part of Allah's deception to His slave when He permits him to take pleasure in a particular state. In looking upon the state as something arising from his own self the slave displays discourtesy tow...

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