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

Opening (fath) Earth (al-ard) Faith (iman) Death (maut) Blowing in (nafth) Poetry and Songs (na't) Noah (Nuh) Fate (qismat) Seth (Seth) Ecstatic utterance (shath) Obedience (ta'ah) Face (wajh) Gate (Bab ) Custom ('ada) Justice ('adl) People (ahl) Higher (a'la) Instant or moment (an) I (ana) Origin (asl) Traces (athar) Sign (ayat) Eye ('ayn) Door or gate (bab) Sea or Ocean (bahr) Affliction (bala) Abiding in Allah (baqa') Man (al-bashar) Expansion (bast) Falsehood (batil) Pledge of Inititation (bay'ah) Time (dahr) Weakness (da'if) Eternal (da'im) House (dar) Making claims (da'wa) Essence (dhat) Taste (dhawq) Benevolence (fadl) Agent (fa'il) Annihilation (fana') Annihilated (fani) Losing (faqd) Solitary (fard) Separation (farq) Parting (fasl) Langour/Listlessness (fatrah) Openings (futuh) Limit (hadd) Saying of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (hadith) Pilgrimage (hajj) Spiritual State (hal) Praise (hamd) Truth (al-haqq) Letter (harf) Gathering (hashr) Restriction and limitation (hasr) Caprice (hawa) Satan (Iblis) god ('ilah) Name (al-ism) Compulsion (jabr) Jifr (jafr) Bringing together (jam') Neighbour (jar) Recompense (jaza') Come to be (ka'in) Be (kan) Distress (karb) Unveiling (kashf) Dense (kathif) Multiplicity (kathra) How (kayf) Seal (khatm) Railer (lahi) Blamer (la'im) Subtle (latif) Lot (Lut) Gentleness (lutf) Place of Return (ma'ad) Obliteration (mahq) Effacement (mahw) Rank (makanah) Deception (makr) Meaning (ma'na) Object of vision (mar'i) Similitudes (mathal) Deviation (mayl) Ease (mustarih) One who is obeyed (muta') Obedient One (muti) Prophet (nabi) Breath (nafas) Blowing (nafkh) Supererogatory (nafl) Self (nafs) Negation (nafy) Prohibitions (nahy) Deputy (na'ib) Bliss (na'im) Transmission (naql) Imperfection (naqs) Hellfire (nar) Configuration (nash'a) Abrogation (naskh) Plain texts (nass) Rational and Speaking (natiq) Sleep (nawm) Coquetry (naz) Rational Speech (nutq) Contraction (qabd) Decree (qada') Qaf (Qaf) Violence (qahr) Heart (qalb) Folk (qaum) Speech (qawl) Obstacle (qayd) Ease (raha) Hope (raja') Dancing (raqs) Rust (rayn) Spirit (ruh) Thunderclap (sa'aq) Way (sabil) Patience (sabr) Chest (sadr) Purity (safa) Pure (safi) Sound (sahih) Crushing (sahq) Sobriety (sahw) Felicitous (sa'id) Pray (salah) Negate (salb) Salih (Salih) Hearing (sam') Spiritual Concert (sama') Art (san'a) Chastisement (satwa) Equality (sawa') Task (sha'n) Covering (sitr) Nature (tab') Follower (tabi') Crown (taj) Self-interest (tama') High ('ulwi) Establish (wad') Bestowal (wahb) Revelation (wahy) Ecstasy (wajd) Passionate upheaval (walah) Friend of Allah (wali) Moment (waqt) Abstinence (wara') Inheritor (warith) Union (wasl) Mark (wasm) Homeland (watan) Weigh (wazn) Odd (witr) Oh, He! (Ya Hu!) Hopelessnes (yas) Jonah (Yunus) Conjecture (zann) Container (zarf) Pair (zawj) You (Ant) Setting (Fass) Root ('Asl) Gaze (Nadhar) Water (Maa') Rich (Ghina ) Caretaker (Wasi)