The Language of the Future

Sufi Terminology by Murshid F.A. Ali ElSenossi

'alin
Higher Beings

(Al 'Aleen). Those of a higher order. The superior spirits. The angels closest to Allah. 'Aleen are those spiritual beings who, due to their luminous constitution, transcend, by their own essence, being 'elemental'.

'aliyyah
Exaltedness and sublimity

('Aliyyah) Exaltedness and sublimity. This term indicates every Divine Name which has a relation to an angel or a spiritual existence.

'amal
Work

('Amal). Work or action or practice. When faith and practice are combined with godfearingness then knowledge will be gained. The knowledge which brings man closer to Allah is not merely theoretical knowledge. Felicity is attained only when knowledge...

'Aql al Awwal
First Intellect

'Aql al Awwal - see 'Intellect-First'.

'aql mujarrad
Intellect, Pure

('Aql Mujarrad). Pure intellect.

'aql-i-kull
Intellect, Total

('Aql i-kull). Total intellect.

'aql-i-salim
Intellect, Perfected

('Aql-I Salim). Perfected or sound intellect.

'arad
Accident

('Arad). Accident. The entire cosmos is a collection of accidents and because 'The accident does not remain for two moments' the cosmos undergoes continual change.

'Arafat
Knowing by Allah

('Arafat) - is a state of 'knowing by Allah'.

'arif billah
Knower of Allah

('Arif Billah). This Man is the one who has fulfilled his 'reason to be'. He has purified himself in readiness to receive the supreme mystic knowledge which is Knowledge of Allah. It is in knowing Allah that man is drawn closer to Allah. 'The water t...

'arifin
Knowers of Allah

(Al 'Arifin/'Urufa). They see and recognize Allah wherever they look. The knowers are bewildered. But this is not the bewilderment of being lost, rather it is the bewilderment of having found Allah. They know that He cannot be known. The knowers are...

'arsh al akbar ('arsh al azam)
Throne-The Greatest and Supreme

('Arsh al akbar) ('Arsh al athaam). The Greatest and Supreme Throne. This is the heart of the Perfect Man.

'arsh al-mahdud
Throne-Delimited

('Arsh al Mahdud). The Delimited Throne is the Perfect Man who manifests the All-Comprehensive Name 'Allah'.

'ashiq
Lover - Passionate

('Ashiq). Lover. The 'ashiq is the one who searches for Allah with intense yearning and longing, never allowing himself rest in his pursuit of the Beloved. The perfect lover of Allah loves Allah in every Self-disclosure.

'ashiq-i-sadiq
Sincere lover

('Ashiq-i-Sadiq). The sincere lover (of Allah).

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