The Language of the Future
Sufi Terminology
by Murshid F.A. Ali ElSenossi

Spiritual States (ahwal) Changed Ones (abdal) Actions (af'al) Rulings (ahkam) People (ahl) Work ('amal) Lights (anwar) Spirits (arwah) Spiritual State (hal) Sufi Singer (qawwal) Evanescence (zawal) Spiritual courtesy (adab) Custom ('ada) Torment and chastisement ('adhab) Invocations of Allah (adhkar) Just, The (al-'Adl) Justice ('adl) Lower (adna) World, external or outer (afaq) Reflections (afkar) People of a spiritual state (ahl'l hal) Ahmad (AHMAD) Corporeal bodies (ajsam) Character traits (akhlaq) Good, The (akhyar) Higher (a'la) World ('alam) Images or similars (amthal) I (ana) Breaths (anfas) Intellect (al-'aql) Poles (aqtab) Accident ('arad) Lords (arbab) Foundation (asas) Secondary Causes (asbab) Origin (asl) Names (asma') Secrets (asrar) Staff of Moses ('assa) Traces (athar) Return from one's self to Allah (aubat) Worlds ('awalim) Spiritual work (awrad) First, The (al-Awwal) Sign (ayat) Eternity without beginning (al-azal) Aniti Christ (dajjal) Making claims (da'wa) Essence (dhat) Poetry (diwan) Lawful (halal) Caprice (hawa) Temple (haykal) He (Huwa) Trial (ibtila) Misguidance (idlal) Undifferentiated mode (ijmal) Receive (iqbal) Ignorance (jahil) Majesty (jalal) Society (jalwa) Jewel (jawhar) Perfection (kamal) Friendship (khalal) Creation (khalq) Seal (khatm) Imagination (khayal) Locus (mahall) Effacement (mahw) Boredom (malal) Vassal (marbub) Similitudes (mathal) Impossible (muhal) Speaker (al-qa'il) Speech (qawl) Sufi Song (qawwali) Shell (qishr) Ease (raha) Terror (rahbah) Mercy (rahma) Men (rijal) Sobriety (sahw) Chastisement (satwa) Equality (sawa') Passion (shahwa) Task (sha'n) Thing (shay') Other (siwa) Forms (suwar) Consciousness of Allah (taqwa) Lights of Unity (tawali') Interpretation (ta'wil) Establish (wad') Illusion (al-wahm) Friend, The (al-Wali) Friend of Allah (wali) Union (wasl) Whispers (waswas) John (Yahya) Marwa (Marwa) Garment of the Pilgrim (Ihram)