The Language of the Future

Sufi Terminology by Murshid F.A. Ali ElSenossi

Arabic words starting with T

taqyid
Delimitation

(Taqyid).

tarab
Delight

(Tarab). The people who dwell in the Garden are in constant delight. Their bliss is renewed at each succeeding instant, in all their senses and meanings, as the Divine disclosures (tajalli) perpetually renew themselves. Such delight is experienced he...

taraqqa
Ascent

(Taraqqa). The progressive ascent through the spiritual states, stations and knowledges.

taraqqi
Ascend

(Taraqqi). To ascend or to climb or to advance. It is for us to climb (taraqqi) to Allah. It is for Allah to receive (talaqqi) those who come to Him.

taraqqi da'im
Ascent-Everlasting

(Taraqqi da'im). The everlasting or perpetual ascent of the slave as he travels through the eternal unfolding of Knowledge of Allah.

tarawhun al-ajsam
Spiritualization of the corporeal bodies

(Tarawhun al ajsam). This is an expression used to describe that which takes place in the imaginal realm.

tariqa
Path or Way

(Tariqa) is the narrow and steep Spiritual Path to Reality. The qualified seeker can travel this Path only under the direction of a qualified Spiritual Guide. The name Tariqa is specific to the Islamic Spiritual Path.

tarjuman
Interpreter

(Tarjuman). As the lover ascends towards Allah he may be blessed with profoundly beautiful and awesome spiritual experiences and visions, tastings and unveilings. To give verbal expression to these Graces from Allah, and to interpret the mysteries w...

tark al muraqabah
Abandoning of examination

(Tark al Muraqabah). The knowers of Allah have abandoned examination because they know that 'Nothing is like Unto Him' and no knowledge of Allah provides any positive quality. Examination and concentration (muraqabah) form a decisive part of the st...

tark at-tark
Abandon abandoning

(Tark at tark). To 'abandon abandoning' or to 'quit quitting'. This is to utterly surrender by forgetting poverty, surrender and quitting.

tasarruf
Free disposal

(Tasarruf). Free disposal or dispensing. The Perfect Man governs the affairs of the world and controls them by means of the Divine Names. He exercises free disposal throughout the world. This free disposal (tasarruf) is the knower's power of bringin...

tasawwuf
Higher teaching

(Tasawwuf). Also known as the science of the self, tasawwuf is based upon the Teachings of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (May the Salutations of Allah be upon him and Peace). It is known in the West as Sufism or Islamic mysticism. Tasawwuf is the acquisi...

Tasawwuf
Science of the Self

Tasawwuf - see 'Higher teaching'

Tasawwuf
Sufism

Tasawwuf - see 'The higher teaching'.

tasawwur
Visualisation

(Tasawwur). Conceptualization or 'giving form to'. The practice of tasawwur is integral to the Spiritual Path of the higher teaching. The spiritual endeavours of the murid may be permeated with a powerful spiritual energy through the practising of ta...

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