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

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ibtihaj
Bliss

(Ibtihaj). The Divine Marriage is the attentiveness (Tawajjuh) of Allah towards the possible thing in its state of non-existence. This Marriage combines the desire of love (Al Iradat al Hubbiyya) with bliss (Ibtihaj). The child of this Marriage is '...

irada
Desire

(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...

al-iradat al-hubbiyya
Desire of Love

(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.

qudra
Power

(Qudra). There are seven Divine Attributes which are possessed to a far lesser degree by man. These are life (hayat), knowledge ('ilm), desire (irada), power (qudra), hearing (sam'), sight (basar) and speech (kalam). The Journey from the lower self t...

Tawaaf
Circumambulation

(Tawaaf). To reach the knowing of the Essence of your being, how it has come to be manifested within your own existence and how it has come to be the way it is. Circulation around the Ka’aba seven times is an indication to the seven states of consc...