The Language of the Future

Sufi Terminology by Murshid F.A. Ali ElSenossi

shay'iyya
Thing-ness

(Shay-iyya). This is the the situation of the entities.


See also: No thing

(La Shay). The slave who has 'returned' to Allah has arrived at the place of nonexistence, the place of "Allah is, and nothing is with Him". The slave has returned to his own nothingness within the Knowledge of Allah. Such a slave is destitute (Muflis) of everything other than Allah. He is 'nothing' (La Shay) but the locus of manifestation of Allah. He has 'nothing' of his own. He belongs totally and unconditionally to Allah.
No thing
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