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

Nature (tab') Follower (tabi') Door or gate (bab) Beloved (habib) Love (hubb) Compulsion (jabr) Distress (karb) Kernel (lubb) Prophet (nabi) Deputy (na'ib) Contraction (qabd) Heart (qalb) Secondary Cause (sabab) Patience (sabr) Negate (salb) Obedience (ta'ah) Interpretation (ta'bir) Crown (taj) Demand (talab) Seeker on the Path (talib) Self-interest (tama') Delight (tarab) Bestowal (wahb) Slave (al 'abd) Honour (abru) Spiritual courtesy (adab) Custom ('ada) Justice ('adl) People (ahl) Higher (a'la) Instant or moment (an) I (ana) Poles (aqtab) Lords (arbab) Secondary Causes (asbab) Origin (asl) Eye ('ayn) Job (Ayyub) Sea or Ocean (bahr) Affliction (bala) Abiding in Allah (baqa') Man (al-bashar) Expansion (bast) Time (dahr) Weakness (da'if) Eternal (da'im) House (dar) Making claims (da'wa) Benevolence (fadl) Agent (fa'il) Annihilation (fana') Annihilated (fani) Losing (faqd) Solitary (fard) Separation (farq) Parting (fasl) Opening (fath) Limit (hadd) Pilgrimage (hajj) Spiritual State (hal) Praise (hamd) Letter (harf) Restriction and limitation (hasr) Caprice (hawa) Litany (hizb) Name (al-ism) Jifr (jafr) Bringing together (jam') Neighbour (jar) Recompense (jaza') Ka'aba (Ka'aba) Come to be (ka'in) Be (kan) How (kayf) Book (kitab) Railer (lahi) Blamer (la'im) Place of Return (ma'ad) Obliteration (mahq) Effacement (mahw) Rank (makanah) Deception (makr) Meaning (ma'na) Vassal (marbub) Object of vision (mar'i) Death (maut) Deviation (mayl) Ease (mustarih) Supererogatory (nafl) Self (nafs) Negation (nafy) Prohibitions (nahy) Bliss (na'im) Transmission (naql) Imperfection (naqs) Hellfire (nar) Lot in life (nasib) Plain texts (nass) Poetry and Songs (na't) Sleep (nawm) Coquetry (naz) Receive (qabul) Decree (qada') Qaf (Qaf) Violence (qahr) Folk (qaum) Speech (qawl) Obstacle (qayd) Fate (qismat) Nearness (qurb) Lord, The (al-rabb) Binding (rabit) Ease (raha) Hope (raja') Dancing (raqs) Rust (rayn) Thunderclap (sa'aq) Way (sabil) Chest (sadr) Purity (safa) Pure (safi) Master (sahib) Crushing (sahq) Sobriety (sahw) Felicitous (sa'id) Hearing (sam') Spiritual Concert (sama') Art (san'a) Equality (sawa') Task (sha'n) Governing (tadbir) Deception (talbis) Completion (tamam) Consciousness of Allah (taqwa) Giving of Knowledge (ta'rif) Glorification (tasbih) Interpretation (ta'wil) Stability (thabat) Established (thabit) Establish (wad') Revelation (wahy) Ecstasy (wajd) Face (wajh) Necessary (wajib) Friend of Allah (wali) Moment (waqt) Abstinence (wara') Union (wasl) Mark (wasm) Weigh (wazn) Oh, He! (Ya Hu!) Jacob (Yaqub) Hopelessnes (yas) Conjecture (zann) Container (zarf) Pair (zawj) Setting (Fass) Gaze (Nadhar) Water (Maa') Gate (Bab ) Caretaker (Wasi)