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

Presence (hadra) Custom ('ada) Lower (adna) Beloved (habib) Limit (hadd) Saying of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (hadith) First thought (hajis) Circle (halqa) Caprice (hawa) Guidance (huda) New (jadid) Matter (madda) Decree (qada') Power (qadir) Sacred Law (shari'a) Incident (waqi'a) Spiritual courtesy (adab) Torment and chastisement ('adhab) Man of moral courtesy (al-adib) Justice ('adl) Overflow (afada) Sayings of the Holy Prophet (ahadith) Higher (a'la) Knower ('alim) Higher Beings ('alin) Trustworthy (amin) Commander (amir) I (ana) Names (asma') Staff of Moses ('assa) Or Nearer (aw adna) Affliction (bala) Abiding in Allah (baqa') Falsehood (batil) Weakness (da'if) Eternal (da'im) David (Daoud) Substations (daqiqa) Making claims (da'wa) One who remembers (dhakir) Brightness (diya) Supplication (du'a) Benevolence (fadl) Agent (fa'il) Immoral behaviour (fajir) Annihilation (fana') Annihilated (fani) Poor One (faqir) Wrath of Allah (ghadab) Food (ghidha) Pilgrimage (hajj) Spiritual State (hal) Lawful (halal) Destruction (halak) Sweetness (halawa) Praise (hamd) Spiritual Realities (haqa'iq) Holy and Sacred (Haram) Letter (harf) Gathering (hashr) Restriction and limitation (hasr) Life (hayat) Awe (haybah) Temple (haykal) Bewilderment (hayrah) Universal plastic substance (hayula) Migration (hijra) Wisdom (hikma) Spiritual resolve (himma) Ornament (hilya) Presence with Allah (hudur) Worship ('ibada) Desire (irada) Divine Attraction (jadhba) Ignorance (jahil) Sitting (jalsa) Society (jalwa) Recompense (jaza') Ka'aba (Ka'aba) Impurity (kadar) One who covers the Truth (kafir) Come to be (ka'in) Word, The (kalima) Innermost Secret (khafi) Khalid (Khalid) Intimate Friend (khalil) Spiritual seclusion (khalwa) Incoming Thought (khatir) Service (khidma) Railer (lahi) Blamer (la'im) Subtle (latif) Night (layla) Non-existent (ma'dum) Madman (majdhub) Place of Self-disclosure (majla) Meaning (ma'na) Object of vision (mar'i) Divine knowledge (ma'rifa) Divine Uncreated Will (mashi'a) Lord (maula) Smallest duration (mudda) Prophet (nabi) Supererogatory work (nafila) Deputy (na'ib) Bliss (na'im) Configuration (nash'a) Lot in life (nasib) Rational and Speaking (natiq) Observer (nazir) Calling (nida') Destiny (qadar) Poem (qasida) Qasim (QASIM) Power (qudra) Binding (rabit) Ease (raha) Mercy (rahma) Hope (raja') Intangible (raqiqa) Contentment (rida) Felicity (sa'ada) Way (sabil) Gatekeepers (sadana) Charity (sadaqa) Chest (sadr) Purity (safa) Pure (safi) Master (sahib) Sound (sahih) Felicitous (sa'id) Salih (Salih) Traveller (salik) Salma (salma) Spiritual Concert (sama') Art (san'a) Chastisement (satwa) Equality (sawa') Witness (shahid) Passion (shahwa) Wretchedness (shaqa') Noble (sharif) Partner (sharik) Follower (tabi') Interpretation (ta'bir) Governing (tadbir) Seeker on the Path (talib) Self-interest (tama') Ordain (taqdir) Sanctification (taqdis) Consciousness of Allah (taqwa) Giving of Knowledge (ta'rif) Path or Way (tariqa) Interpretation (ta'wil) Established (thabit) Establish (wad') One (wahid) Necessary (wajib) Friend of Allah (wali) Abstinence (wara') Inrush of knowledge (warid) Means (wasila) Mediator (wasita) Spiritual work (wazifa) John (Yahya) Ascetic (zahid) External One (zahir) Wrong-doer (zalim) Pair (zawj) Shadow (zill) Faadil () Marwa (Marwa) Gaze (Nadhar) Water (Maa') Caretaker (Wasi)