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

Interpretation (ta'bir) Governing (tadbir) Ordain (taqdir) Poor One (faqir) Follower (tabi') Deception (talbis) Sanctification (taqdis) Following authority (taqlid) Delimitation (taqyid) Glorification (tasbih) Shortening (Taqsir) Commander (amir) Immoral behaviour (fajir) Beloved (habib) Spiritual Realities (haqa'iq) Compulsion (jabr) Major sins (kaba'ir) One who covers the Truth (kafir) Object of Power (maqdur) Overpowered (maqhur) Interpreter (mu'abbir) Prophet (nabi) Observer (nazir) Power (qadir) Binding (rabit) Way (sabil) Patience (sabr) Nature (tab') Solitude (tafrid) Differentiated mode (tafsil) Verified (tahqiq) Detachment (tajrid) Be (bringing to being) (takwin) Seeker on the Path (talib) Variegation (talwin) Stability (tamkin) Breathe (tanfis) Incomparability (tanzih) Contrariness (taqabul) Consciousness of Allah (taqwa) Giving of Knowledge (ta'rif) Similarity (tashbih) Surrender - Pure and total (taslim) Interpretation (ta'wil) Established (thabit) Incident (waqi'a) External One (zahir) Pair (zawj)