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

Hearing (sam') Custom ('ada) Higher (a'la) Instant or moment (an) I (ana) Foundation (asas) Origin (asl) Names (asma') Staff of Moses ('assa) Door or gate (bab) Man (al-bashar) House (dar) Supplication (du'a) Spiritual State (hal) Hu (Hu) He (Huwa) Festival ('id) Night Journey ('isra) Bringing together (jam') Neighbour (jar) Be (kan) Moses (Musa) Hellfire (nar) Poetry and Songs (na't) Coquetry (naz) Qaf (Qaf) Quenching (ri) Thunderclap (sa'aq) Way (sabil) Patience (sabr) Chest (sadr) Purity (safa) Pure (safi) Crushing (sahq) Sobriety (sahw) Felicitous (sa'id) Negate (salb) Spiritual Concert (sama') Art (san'a) Equality (sawa') Task (sha'n) Thing (shay') Other (siwa) Fortress (sur) Form (sura) Nature (tab') Crown (taj) Establish (wad') Hopelessnes (yas) Musabbil () Water (Maa') Spiritual courtesy (adab) Adam (Adam) Justice ('adl) Lower (adna) Actions (af'al) World, external or outer (afaq) People (ahl) Jesus (Aissa) Corporeal bodies (ajsam) World ('alam) Work ('amal) Accident ('arad) Secondary Causes (asbab) Secrets (asrar) Sign (ayat) Eye ('ayn) Job (Ayyub) Sea or Ocean (bahr) Affliction (bala) Abiding in Allah (baqa') Sight (basar) Expand (basat) Expansion (bast) Distance from Allah (bu'd) Time (dahr) Weakness (da'if) Eternal (da'im) Making claims (da'wa) Essence (dhat) Brightness (diya) Morning Light (duha) Benevolence (fadl) Agent (fa'il) Annihilation (fana') Annihilated (fani) Losing (faqd) Solitary (fard) Separation (farq) Corruption (fasad) Parting (fasl) Opening (fath) Activity (fi'l) Heart of the heart (fu'ad) Dust (al-haba) Limit (hadd) Pilgrimage (hajj) Praise (hamd) Letter (harf) Restriction and limitation (hasr) Caprice (hawa) Air (hawa') Awe (haybah) Hud (Hud) Guidance (huda) Beautiful (husn) Bring into existence (ijad) Inimitability (i'jaz) god ('ilah) Knowledge or science ('ilm) Leader of prayer (imam) Faith (iman) Mankind (insan) Assurance (iqan) Read (iqra') Isaac (Is'haq) Passionate love of Allah ('ishq) Name (al-ism) Face to face vision ('iyan) Inaccessibility ('izza) Compulsion (jabr) New (jadid) Jifr (jafr) Sitting (jalsa) Corporeal body (jasad) Recompense (jaza') Physical body (jism) Come to be (ka'in) Distress (karb) How (kayf) Seal (khatm) Fear (khawf) All (al-kull) Be! (kun) Railer (lahi) Blamer (la'im) Encounter (liqa') Tongue (lisan) Lot (Lut) Place of Return (ma'ad) Obliteration (mahq) Effacement (mahw) Rank (makanah) Deception (makr) Meaning (ma'na) Object of vision (mar'i) Death (maut) Deviation (mayl) Key (miftah) Ease (mustarih) One who is obeyed (muta') Prophet (nabi) Supererogatory (nafl) Self (nafs) Negation (nafy) Prohibitions (nahy) Deputy (na'ib) Bliss (na'im) Transmission (naql) Imperfection (naqs) Configuration (nash'a) Plain texts (nass) Sleep (nawm) Calling (nida') Relations (nisab) Relationship (nisba) Conflict (niza') Noah (Nuh) Nun (al-nun) Light (nur) Contraction (qabd) Decree (qada') Violence (qahr) Heart (qalb) Folk (qaum) Speech (qawl) Obstacle (qayd) Fate (qismat) Just Scale (qist) Ease (raha) Hope (raja') Dancing (raqs) Rust (rayn) Contentment (rida) Men (rijal) Showing off (riya') Spirit (ruh) Vision (ru'ya) Felicity (sa'ada) Secondary Cause (sabab) Spiritual Journey (safar) Master (sahib) Sound (sahih) Pray (salah) Peace (salam) Prayer (salat) Traveller (salik) Salma (salma) Chastisement (satwa) Sun (shams) Wretchedness (shaqa') Evil (sharr) Ecstatic utterance (shath) Longing-Intense (shawq) Healing (shifa) Attribute (sifat) Secret (sirr) Covering (sitr) Sufi (sufi) Low (sufli) Companionship (suhba) Intoxication (sukr) Practice of the Holy Prophet (sunna) Forms (suwar) Obedience (ta'ah) Follower (tabi') Self-interest (tama') Familiarity (ulfa) Community (umma) Intimacy (uns) Ezra ('Uzair) Bestowal (wahb) One (wahid) Revelation (wahy) Ecstasy (wajd) Face (wajh) Friend of Allah (wali) Moment (waqt) Abstinence (wara') Middle (wasat) Union (wasl) Mark (wasm) Weigh (wazn) Odd (witr) Capacity (wus') Oh, He! (Ya Hu!) Conjecture (zann) Container (zarf) Pair (zawj) Falsehood (zur) Pledge ('Ahd) You (Ant) Setting (Fass) Rest (Muttaka) Ego (Nafs ) Gaze (Nadhar) Lie (Zur) Gate (Bab ) Eloquence (Lasan) Caretaker (Wasi) Islam (B) (islam)