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

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Description-engendered
wasf kiyani

An engendered description. This refers to something that describes the cosmos.

Desire
irada

(Irada) is the pain of love in the heart. There is no free choice involved with desire because when it fills the heart the lover is overwhelmed. He is compelled to seek the Beloved with all of his being. The murid is 'the one who desires Knowledge of...

Desire of Love
al-iradat al-hubbiyya

(Iradat al Hubbiyya). It is through this desire of love that Allah turns His attentiveness towards the possible thing and brings it into existence. The desire of love is the motivating force through which the Hidden Treasure was made manifest.

Desire, the object of
Murad

Murad - see 'Object of desire'.

Destiny
qadar

(Qadar). Destiny or Fate or the measure allotted to each entity. Qadar is the particularized deployment of the universal decree through the bestowal of existence upon the entities in accordance with the times and situations required by their individu...

Destitute
muflis

(Muflis/Miskin). The one who is utterly destitute and bereft. The Muflis is the true Muhammadan friend, that great Sufi who is utterly destitute of everything other than Allah. His worship and his sacrifice, his living and his dying are for Allah Alo...

Destruction
halak

(Halak). There is a waystation (Manzil) of destruction which is connected to the whims and caprices of the ego. This halak is caused by reflecting upon and delving into certain forms of knowledge which should not be investigated. It is a place of dan...

Detachment
tajrid

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

Determinations
Ahkam

Ahkam - see 'Rulings'.

Deviation
mayl

(Mayl) is that which is the opposite of straightness. The cosmos, being at the furthest point from the Source, is a place of deviation. Being the realm of multiplicity, opposites, deviation and disequilibrium it is in need of Divine Guidance. However...

Dictionary
qamus

(Qamus). A qamus is a book full of definitions and meanings. Each human is a qamus. When man looks within his own self and contemplates the inner signs and meanings he may come to know Allah. To make the Journey into the self, and through the levels ...

Differentiated mode
tafsil

(Tafsil). Differentiated mode. The Divine Attributes manifest themselves in a boundlessly differentiated mode within the cosmos. The root of the cosmos is Allah, and the cosmos itself is the manifestation of the Divine Names. All that we actually see...

Differentiation
Farq

Farq - see 'Separation'.

Direction
qiblah

(Qibla). The ritual orientation or the direction in which one prays. Ultimately the qibla is in every direction because "Wherever you turn, there is the Face of Allah" (The Qur'an 2:115). To attain to knowledge of this directionless direction, the t...

Director
ar-Rashid

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