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

Corruption (fasad) Corporeal body (jasad) Accident ('arad) Foundation (asas) Sight (basar) Expand (basat) Individual desire (gharad) Limit (hadd) Lawful (halal) Destruction (halak) Praise (hamd) Holy and Sacred (Haram) Gathering (hashr) Restriction and limitation (hasr) Caprice (hawa) Life (hayat) Place of Return (ma'ad) Disease (marad) Middle (wasat) Eloquence (Lasan) Eternity without end (al-abad) Slave (al 'abd) Spiritual courtesy (adab) Custom ('ada) Overflow (afada) Actions (af'al) World, external or outer (afaq) Ahmad (AHMAD) Corporeal bodies (ajsam) Higher (a'la) World ('alam) Work ('amal) I (ana) Earth (al-ard) Secondary Causes (asbab) Origin (asl) Names (asma') Secrets (asrar) Staff of Moses ('assa) Spiritual work (awrad) Sign (ayat) Affliction (bala) Abiding in Allah (baqa') Expansion (bast) Pledge of Inititation (bay'ah) David (Daoud) Making claims (da'wa) Departure (dhahab) Taste (dhawq) Sphere (falak) Annihilation (fana') Losing (faqd) Obligatory works (fara'id) Solitary (fard) Parting (fasl) Heart of the heart (fu'ad) Wrath of Allah (ghadab) Beloved (habib) Presence (hadra) First thought (hajis) Pilgrimage (hajj) Spiritual State (hal) Sweetness (halawa) Circle (halqa) Spiritual Realities (haqa'iq) Letter (harf) Awe (haybah) Temple (haykal) Bewilderment (hayrah) Veil (hijab) Guidance (huda) Beautiful (husn) Satan (Iblis) Bring into existence (ijad) Mankind (insan) Read (iqra') New (jadid) Majesty (jalal) Sitting (jalsa) Ringing (jaras) Recompense (jaza') Impurity (kadar) Speech (kalam) Perfection (kamal) Generosity (karam) Unveiling (kashf) Reports (khabar) Friendship (khalal) Khalid (Khalid) Danger (khatar) Imagination (khayal) No thing (la shay') Tongue (lisan) Place (makan) Boredom (malal) Meaning (ma'na) Spiritual Station (maqam) Vassal (marbub) Place of witnessing (mashhad) Dwelling (maskan) Protected (ma'sum) Object of desire (murad) Moses (Musa) Ease (mustarih) Breath (nafas) Deliverance (najat) Configuration (nash'a) Lot in life (nasib) Abrogation (naskh) Plain texts (nass) Human Nature (nasut) Consideration (nazar) Relations (nisab) Contraction (qabd) Decree (qada') Destiny (qadar) Poem (qasida) Qasim (QASIM) Obstacle (qayd) Ease (raha) Hope (raja') Messenger (rasul) Felicity (sa'ada) Thunderclap (sa'aq) Secondary Cause (sabab) Chest (sadr) Purity (safa) Spiritual Journey (safar) Felicitous (sa'id) Pray (salah) Peace (salam) Prayer (salat) Hearing (sam') Spiritual Concert (sama') Art (san'a) Equality (sawa') Witness (shahid) Task (sha'n) Wretchedness (shaqa') Drink (sharab) Obedience (ta'ah) Demand (talab) Self-interest (tama') Completion (tamam) Delight (tarab) Stability (thabat) Establish (wad') One (wahid) Ecstasy (wajd) Passionate upheaval (walah) Abstinence (wara') Inrush of knowledge (warid) Union (wasl) Mark (wasm) Whispers (waswas) Homeland (watan) Hopelessnes (yas) Ascetic (zahid) Duration of time (zaman) Lights (zawa'id) Evanescence (zawal) Setting (Fass) Water (Maa') Abjad (Abjad) Caretaker (Wasi)