The Language of the Future

Sufi Terminology by Murshid F.A. Ali ElSenossi

shajarat al-wujud
Tree of Existence

(Shajarat al wujud). The tree of existence. Allah is the Root, the Divine Names are its boughs and we are its fruit (and He is its fruit!).


See also: Being/Existence Names People of unveiling and finding

(Asma). Names. The Names designate permanent 'aspects' of the Essence. Every Name has a meaning and a form. The meaning of every Name is Allah. It is only through the Names, all of which are Allah's, that we have access to Knowledge of Allah. The Divine Names seek the Perfect Man (Insan al Kamil) to be their perfect locus of manifestation. Through their seeking him and their requiring his existence the knower comes to understand the nobility and grandeur of the Perfect Man.
Names

(Ahl al Kashf wal Wujud). These are the knowers. They have passed beyond the veils which stand between themselves and their Lord and they stand perpetually in His Presence.
People of unveiling and finding
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