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

ulfa
Familiarity

(Ulfa). This is one of the waystationson the Journey of Return. In this waystation the traveller is joined to a group of the Messengers from whom he receives certain sciences and knowledge. Through these newly unveiled knowledges he is able to distinguish and recognize all things, in the heavens and the earth, by their specific marks ('alama).


See also: Marks Waystation
(Manzil). A station in which the traveller alights for a time, before moving onwards. If he does not pass this manzil it becomes an 'abode' .

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