The Language of the Future

Sufi Terminology by Murshid F.A. Ali ElSenossi

Ru'una
Attachment

Ru'una - see 'Frivolity' and 'Frivolities of the ego'.


See also: Frivolities of the ego Frivolity

(Ru'unat al Nafsiyya). It is said that the murids of a Murshid who is a Malamatiyya undergo constant fluctuations within the stations of Manliness, whereas all other murids undergo constant fluctuations within the frivolities of the ego (al Ru'unat al Nafsiyya).
Frivolities of the ego

(Ru'una). Frivolity or attachment to this world. Love of the material world, and attachment (ru'una) to it, form great barriers on the Journey of Return to Allah. Both indicate a certain contentment and satisfaction with that which is 'other-than-Allah'.
Frivolity
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