The Language of the Future

Sufi Terminology by Murshid F.A. Ali ElSenossi

rijal
Men

(Rijal). The True Men. The great friends of Allah. The rijal are 'the great ones'.

See also: Man

(Bashar). Bashar is 'man made of flesh' or mankind. Bashar alludes to the 'tenderness' (al mubasharah) with which Allah kneaded man between His Two Hands; "I am about to create man (bashar)... " (The Qur'an 15:28).
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