The Language of the Future

Sufi Terminology by Murshid F.A. Ali ElSenossi

English words starting with S

Sayyidi Ibrahim al Qurayshi ad-Dasuqi (633AH/1255CE to 676AH/1296CE)
Sayyidi Ibrahim al Qurayshi ad-Dasuqi

Sayyidi Ibrahim was born in Dasuq, Northern Egypt, in the year 633AH/1255CE, during the last night of the month Sha'ban. Sayyidi Ibrahim refused to suckle in the morning after his birth and during the daylight hours of Ramadan, the first of many of t...

Sayyidi Musa Abul Umran (d. 729AH/1329CE to 739AH/1339CE)
Sayyidi Musa Abul Umran

Sayyidi Musa Abul Umran is the brother Sayyidi Ibrahim al Qurayshi ad-Dasuqi and his maternal uncle was Sayyidi Abul Hassan ash-Shadhuli. He was the first khalifa of his brother, inherited the Dasuqiyya Tariqa after his brother's death, and is respon...

Sayyidi Shaykh Ibrahim Muhammad 'Uthman Abduh al Burhani (d. 2003)
Sayyidi Shaykh Ibrahim Muhammad 'Uthman Abduh al Burhani

Shaykh Ibrahim was the son of Sayyidi Shaykh Muhammad 'Uthman Abduh al Burhani. He inherited the Burhaniyya Tariqa in 1983. Under the guidance of Shaykh Ibrahim, the Burhaniyya Tariqa continued to expand beyond the Nile Valley. Shaykh Ibrahim conside...

Sayyidi Shaykh Muhammad 'Uthman Abduh al Burhani (1902-1983)
Sayyidi Shaykh Muhammad 'Uthman Abduh al Burhani

Sayyidi Shaykh Muhammad 'Uthman Abduh al Burhani was born in Halfa, Sudan, in 1902. At the age of ten he was initiated into the Path of Allah by his uncle. He established the Burhaniyya Tariqa in 1938, which was marked by the following dream and visi...

Sayyidi Shaykh Muhammad Ibrahim Muhammad 'Uthman
Sayyidi Shaykh Muhammad Ibrahim Muhammad 'Uthman

Sayyidi Shaykh Muhammad Ibrahim Muhammad 'Uthman is the son of Sayyidi Shaykh Ibrahim Muhammad 'Uthman Abduh al Burhani and inherited the Burhaniyya Tariqa from his father in 2003. He is the first Shaykh of the silsila to have lived outside the tradi...

Sayyiduna wa Mawlana al Imam al Hassan (3AH/625CE to 50AH/670CE)
Sayyiduna wa Mawlana al Imam al Hassan

Sayyiduna wa Mawlana al Imam al Hassan was born in Medina in 3AH/625CE. He was the eldest grandson of the Holy Prophet (May the Salutations of Allah be upon him and Peace), son of Sayyiduna wa Mawlana-l Imam Ali and Sayyidatuna as-Sayyida Fatima...

Sayyiduna wa Mawlana al Imam al Hussayn (4AH/626CE to 61AH/680CE)
Sayyiduna wa Mawlana al Imam al Hussayn

Sayyiduna wa Mawlana al Imam al Hussayn was born in Medina in 4AH/626CE. He was grandson of the Prophet (May the Salutations of Allah be upon him and Peace), son of Sayyiduna wa Mawlana-l Imam Ali and Sayyidatuna as-Sayyida Fatima Zahra. Next to...

Sayyiduna wa Mawlana-l Imam 'Umar ibnu-l Khattab (577CE to 23AH/644CE)
Sayyiduna wa Mawlana-l Imam 'Umar ibnu-l Khattab

Sayyiduna wa Mawlana-l Imam 'Umar ibnu-l Khattab was born in Mecca in 577CE. He was the second caliph. Imam 'Umar ibnu-l Khattab was initially hostile towards Islam. Upon hearing that his sister had accepted Islam he went to her, questioning her abou...

Sayyiduna wa Mawlana-l Imam 'Uthman ibn Affan (576CE to 35AH/656CE)
Sayyiduna wa Mawlana-l Imam 'Uthman ibn Affan

Sayyiduna wa Mawlana-l Imam 'Uthman ibn Affan was born in Taif in 576CE. He was the third caliph and twice son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad (May the Salutations of Allah be upon him and Peace), and known as 'the possessor of the two light...

Sayyiduna wa Mawlana-l Imam Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (570CE to 13AH/634CE)
Sayyiduna wa Mawlana-l Imam Abu Bakr as-Siddiq

Sayyiduna wa Mawlana-l Imam Abu Bakr as-Siddiq was born in Mecca in 573CE. He was the first caliph, the father-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad (May the Salutations of Allah be upon him and Peace), and one of the closest companions of the Prophet&...

Sayyiduna wa Mawlana-l Imam Ali (598CE to 40AH/661CE)
Sayyiduna wa Mawlana-l Imam Ali

Sayyiduna wa Mawlana-l Imam Ali was born in Mecca in 598CE, with some sources indicating the he was born in the sacred sanctuary of the Ka'aba. He was the fourth caliph and cousin of the Prophet Muhammad (May the Salutations of Allah be upon him...

Scale
al-mizan

(Mizan). The scale or the balance. The Sacred Law is the scale in which must be weighed everything pertaining to Allah, to knowledge, to spiritual realization, to love and to the human state. The traveller on the Path of Return is required to purify...

Scale - Divine
al-mizan al-ilahi

(Mizan al Ilahi). The Divine Scale. This scale is the one which has been established by the Lawgiver.

Scale - Fundamental
al-mizan al-asli

(Mizan al Asl) The Fundamental Scale. This scale is the one in which the works of the servants shall be weighed on the Day of Resurrection.

Scale of Justice
al-mizan al-'adl

(Mizan al 'Adl). The Scale of Justice.

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