The Language of the Future

Sufi Terminology by Murshid F.A. Ali ElSenossi

ahadiyyat al-kathra
Unity of multiplicity or manyness

(Ahadiyyat al Kathra). This is Being when considered as possessor of the Names.


See also: Multiplicity Names Unity of Allah)

(Kathra). The One descends and becomes many. Unity separates into multiplicity. The Name 'Allah' contains many Beautiful and Divine Names. The many take us back to the One. Multiplicity takes us back to Unity. The Beautiful Names take us back to Allah.
Multiplicity

(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.
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