The Language of the Future
Sufi Terminology
by Murshid F.A. Ali ElSenossi

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Ya Hu!
Oh, He!

(Ya Hu!). Hu is the Essence Itself. The lover who is seeking the Essence calls 'Ya Hu!'. He calls to the One Who is absent. When the lover is annihilated in the Source Itself he no longer needs to call 'Ya Hu!'. He becomes the one who has realized th...

Yahya
John

(Yahya). The Prophet John (Peace be upon him) through whose Word descended the Wisdom of Awesome Majesty (al hikmat al jalaliyyah).

al-yaqin
Certainty

(Yaqin). . Allah Almighty says in The Qur'an, "and worship thy Lord until certainty comes" (Qur'an 15:99). Man does not come to Certainty. Certainty comes to man. Man must actively seek Allah, but he must passively receive whatever Allah Wills to sen...

Yaqub
Jacob

(Yaqub). The Prophet Jacob (Peace be upon him) through whose Word descended the Wisdom of Spirituality (al hikmat al ruhiyyah).

yaqzah
Alertness

(Yaqzah). Awake and alert and aware. After having woken from the sleep of heedlessness and neglect, the slave must be in a state of constant alertness. He must be always prepared to receive whatever Allah Wills to send to him, whether it be His stern...

yas
Hopelessnes

(Yas). The state of utter hopelessness which is experienced during contraction. When the lover is contracted, having 'lost' his vision of the Beloved, his hopelessness is acute. And, even though he knows, with certainty, that this is merely a tempora...

yawm al-hashr
Day of Gathering

(Yawm al hashr). This is the Day of Judgement. For the friends of Allah the Day of Gathering is the time of 'gathering together' everything that is in a state of separation. It is seeing only Unity while in this realm of multiplicity. This is the Div...

Yunus
Jonah

(Yunus). The Prophet Jonah (Peace be upon him) through whose Word descended the Wisdom of the Breath (al hikmat al nafsiyyah).

Yusuf
Joseph

(Yusuf). The Prophet Joseph (Peace be upon him) through whose Word descended the Wisdom of Light (al hikmat al nuriyyah).

Al Yarah
One who sees everything, The

(Al Yarah). One of the Beautiful Names of Allah