GLOSSARY

 

Aarif: One who enjoy cognition of God and His Attibutes.

Ain-ul-Yaqeen: if the viewer aware of his reflection in the mirror but is ignorant of the realities of the mirror, the reflection and that of himself. Then this state is termed as Ain-ul-yaqeen.

Alaml-e-Aaraf: Man’s station after leaving this physical worls of matter. The place where man resides after death.

Alame-e-Arwah: Realm of the souls.

Alam-e-Burzakh: The intermediatory phase between Loh-e-mahfooz and the material world. The place, after Loh-e-mahfooz, from where the programmes for individuals are relayed.

Alam-e-Ghaib: The unseen realm or the spiritual world and the non-serial time are termed are termed as Alam-e-ghaib.

Alam-e-Jabroot: Realm of Omnipotency.

Alam-e-Lahoot: Realm of Divinity.

Alam-e-Malkoot: Angelic Realm.

Alam-e-Noor: The realm of invisible lights.

Alham (also written as Elham): State of that intuitive information when something is inspired to people who are not prophet.

Alliyeen: (sublime state) this term indicates sublime characters and a state in which one would learn to use the refined senses of the soul.

Bay't: Initiation; the acceptance of a student into a consecrated Order, the linking of the being of the student with that of the teacher and with the Chain of Transmission of the Esoteric School and the Spiritual Hierarchy, where the teacher assumes a certain responsibility in the unfoldment of the student and the student reaffirms the covenant made by the soul in pre-eternity dedicating itself to becoming an instrument for the transfiguration of the world.

Dervish: Originally a reference to the experience of opening the door in the morning to find a guy in a patched cloak camped in the recessed doorway of your house. Means, variously and according to context, an initiate of a Sufi school, one such possessing a particularly uncompromising attitude toward Truth, or someone having crossed the threshold of enlightenment.

Dua: Supplication.

Fana: Annihilation. Fana has three grades in Sufism, which are Fana-fi-Shaikh (Effacement in Teacher); Fana-fi-Rasul (Effacement in the Prophet), Fana-fi-Llah (Effacement in God). The master of this process is said to be in a condition of Baqa', "subsistence" in the Divine.

Faqir (Also be written as Fakir): A Dervish.

Fikr: Thinking.

Haqiqat-e-Muhammadia: (Muhammadan Reality) The state of cosmic unconsciousness or the first conscious which was explored for the first time by Muhammad, the holy prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.). The same is also termed as haqiqat-ul-haqaique (Reality of the facts) by the Sufis.

Haq-ul-Yaqeen: True reality. When a viewer is aware of the factual reality of himself and what is being witnessed by him.

Hijab-e-Mehmood: The final boundary of the access of human knowledge. This realm is beyond the reach and access of the flight of even most Intimate Angles.

Hazrat: (Also be written as Hadhrat): This is an honorific, generally given to great teachers who have passed from the earth. In proper usage, this preceeds designations of rank and title.

Hu: The Living presence of God.

Ishq: Love, that crosses all limits. And extreme love.

Jalal: Wrathfulness.

Jamal: Amiableness.

Ilm-e-Husooli: The knowledge which is related with this phenomenal material world only. Collection of all the science concerning the physical world is referred as Ilm-e-hasooli

Ilm-e-Huzoori: The knowledge that is directly granted to man by God and enables him to explore the worlds and realms existing beyond this limited world of matter.

Ilm-e-Ladduni: A Sufistic term concerning the knowledge of Elohistic Names and delegation of powers to enact vicegerency of God.

Ilm-e-Nabowat: The presented Knowledge when it is granted to Prophet is called the vatic knowledge. Revelation (Wahi) is particular for prophets. The knowledge revealed upon prophets.

Ilm-e-Qalum: The knowledge concerning the realities of a science. This knowledge, in rank, is the most exalted state of knowledge and enable to creat, control and administer anything without any obligation of resources of means. It is also called Incumbent and is a record of divinitional knowledge pertaining to all times of universe. The knowledge in which universe existed in the form of oneiric existences is the Ilm-e-qalum.

Illm-ul-Yaqeen: when one starts observing he learns about something present before him. He might not be aware of the factual reality of what he is witnessing but he has this knowledge that he is witnessing something.

Istadraj: Any metaphysical change induced willfully for minor gains with in the limits of manifested world. It is quit temporary in its lasting and affects.

Istaghna: Astate of mind when it is detached from all its associations and is made to be dependent God only. Since no mental ties and association remain there any longer the mind stays empty from worldly thoughts. This is known as vacating one’s mind or simply empty mindedness.

Jinn: Creatures of the world of simple nasmathey have more accessibility than angles and people who have not learnt to explore their inner world.

Jazb: Man and jinns can be associated with their Lord Creator in two ways. One of them is that they are attract ad drawn towar d their creator in a state of raptness. In tht state of raptness they become oblivious of every thing other then their lord.

Karamat: Miracle. Any extraordinary y or Meta Physical feat performe dby people who are not prophets, is termed as Karamat. Performance of such deed takes within the range of one of the three channels of Black Drafts, Abstraction and Evidence.

Kashf: Something known intuitively in its real perspective. To observe or witness that which material eyes do not see.

Khalq: Formationor to create. The second section of creativity in Divine Administration. It is also used to indicate a constract with time which is called Amr and Space which is called Khalq.

Kitab-ul-Marqoom: The written Book. The record of man’s sublime and depressive deeds and characters is termed as the written book. It is the record of events in total line of life since birth till death.

Kitab-ul-Mubeen: Book-open & clear. The secret plan and origin of all the manifestation. It is complete picture of all times since Eternity (The remotest Beginnig) to Infinity (The remotest Ending)

Laila-tul-Qadr: Night of Power. S tate of Nocturnal senses when the powerful perception name Laila-tul-qadr is achieved. It is that powerful perception which enables us to observe an activity that takes place in a femto second.

Latifa (Lata'if is the plural): According to Sufi Masters, human soul has six points or generators in it. They are most commonly known as "Lata'if-e-Sitta" in Sufism. According to Sufi mystics, a human soul consists of three layers or circles, and every layer or circle has two Lata'if, e.g.

1. First circle is composed of Latifa-e-Akhfa and Latifa-e-Khafi.

2. Second circle is made of Latifa-e-sirri and Latifa-e-Roohi.

3. Third circle consists of Latifa-e-Qalbi and Latifa-e-Nafsi.

 

Majzub: God intoxicated man, who is completely absorbed in God.

Muraqabah: Meditation.

Murid: A sdudent of Sufi School.

Murshid: Spiritual Teacher.

Nisma: Aura.

Na'soot: Phenomenal world, or the material world as comprehended by diurnal senses.

Nisbat-e-Awaisiya: A correlation to receive knowledge from the souls without use of any material body as aintermediatory means.

Noor (Also be written as Nur): It is t hat form of hidden light which can not only sighted but also help in seeing the other hidden lights like that of Nasma. It is formed from Tajalli and forms the other lights.

Pir: A Sufi Master, or a Spiritual Teacher.

Qalandar: Qalander is a person who enjoys a neutral and free mind. He is such a person who after liberating from saptio-temporal restr aints learns to have a direct link with God., Almighty. He establishes his link with his Lord Creator without loosing his touch with the creatures.

Rooh (Also be written as Ruh): When the single point containing eternal indicates comes into motion it is called soul. With the commencement of movement, the temporal and spatial dis tances are produced in the single point.

Rooh-e-Haywani: Animal Soul. This part of the soul has the recor of every activity of life. It is also termed as Joviya. These th ree par t s of sould are like thr ee rings of ligh infused in one another and are collectively called the soul, the indivisible entity , Lord’s edict of simply the man.

Rooh-e-Insani: Human Soul. This par t of the soul is inscribed with commands characterizing the life. It is also t ermed as Ayan.

Ruya: Vision or dream.

Sahib-e-Sahood: One who can observe and see what is not percieveable by ordinary material senses, as and when intended.

Salik: A student of Sufism.

Sama': The sacred assembly of the Sufi dervishes, originally for the purpose of listening to consciousness-expanding music, under the guidance of and in rapport with a Shaikh.

Shaikh: Sufi Master.

Sidra-tul-Muntaha: It symbolizes the final limit and range of the flight of angles. And only man as vicevergent of God has the ability to be there - not only there but much more ahead than that.

Silsila: The "Chain of Transmission" or initiatic lineage of the Masters of a Sufi school. Also called Sufi Order.

Tadalla: Formation of Holy Appellations by the Attributes of God, in terms of sufi, is called Tadalla. Ever particle of existent s is encompassed by Elohistic Attributes in the form Divine Inclination. Reflection of Elohistic knowledge of Tajalli (Beautification Vision) is inscribed in Firmly affixed Inscription (Sabita) It is the fourth section of divine administrative policy in which regulatory decisions ar e compiled and finalized.

Tajalli: Beatific vision of God.

Tasarruf: Conductivity Influence..

Tasawwuf: Sufism.

Tauhid: Onness of God.

Urs: The passing of a Sufi saint, seen as the ultimate unification with God the Beloved; also, the anniversary of same. The urs of the founder and of great saints of a lineage are traditionally times of celebration by the members of that school.

Wahi: Revelation.

Wajib-ul-Wajood: Indispensable Being. It is a state of the beatific Vision of God. It is not the supreme Being of God. It is that Beatific Vision which is the basis of the attributes of God and it is associated with the supreme Being of God.

Wajood-e-Ruya: Oneiric Existence.

Warood: Reminiscence or the state of observation through closed eyes is termed as warood.

Zahir-ul-Wajood: External Self. That form of existence which is existing as the basis of this Phenomenal world. It has two stages of three invisible and three visible realms.

Zikr (Alsi be written as Dikr): Rmemberance of God, by some specific practices.