Sufi Terminologies

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Advaita – non-duality – Hindu doctrine of Advaita
Adab – the spiritual courtesy, good manners
Ahad – One
‘ain-ul-yaqeen – certainty of sight
al-Fuqara – the poor, dervish
al-Haqq – the Truth, the Reality
al-ma’rifa bi-llah – Divine gnosis
al-Mustafa – the Elect, the Chosen
at-Tajalli – Self-Manifestation
‘ayn – eye, spring
Ayat – signs, verse

Baqa – remaining, subsistence, Eternality
Barakah – spiritual influence
Barzakh – the isthmus
Bast – expansion
Bu’d – distance

Dhawq – taste
Dhikr Allah – remembrance of God or invocation of God
Dhikr ‘uyubiha – remembering of faults
Dua’a’ – supplicatory prayer

Fana – extinction
Faqr – spiritual poverty
Farq – seperation

Fikr – meditation
Fiqh – jurisprudence
Firasa – spiritual insight
Futuwwa – chivalry

Ghaflah – distraction
Ghayba – Absence
Ghayra – jealusy
Ghiba – backbiting

Hadith – a handed-down saying (by the Prophet himself or by one of his Companions, with reference to him)
Hal – [mystical] state
Haqiqa – the true reality
Haq-qul-yaqeen – certainty of experience

Hasad – envy
Haya – shame
Hayba – awe
Hayrah – a state of perplexity

Hudhur – presence
Hujum – attacks
Hurriyya – freedom
Huwa – He
Huzn – sadness

Ihsan – excellence
Ikhlas – sincerity

Ilmul-yaqeen – certainty of reason
Iman – faith
Irada – desire

Islam – submission
Istiqama – uprightness

Istighraq – seeking to be drowned
Ithbat – affirmation

Jalwah – unveiling
Jam’ – Unification
Ju’ – hunder
Jud – munificence

Karamat – miracles
Khamriyyah – winesong

Khalwah – solitude, retreat
Khalil – friend 
Khawatir – thoughts
Khawf – fear
Khiraqah – a initiatic mantle
Khuluq – moral character
Khushu’ – humility

Lawa’ih – glimmers
Lawami’ – flashes

Mahabbah, love
Mahw – Erasure
Majaz – metaphorically
Makhafah – fear
Maqam – [mystical] station

Ma’rifah – knowledge, gnosis 
Mujahada – striving
Mukashafa – unveiling
Muraqaba – awareness [of God]
Mushahada – witnessing

Nafas – breath
Nafs – the soul

Qabd – contraction
Qana’a – contentment
Qurb – proximity

Radiya – was well pleased
Raja’ – hope

Rida – satisfaction
Ridwan – good pleasure, acceptance
Ruh – the spirit

Sabiqun – foremost
Sabr – patience
Sakha’ – generosity
Safi – Pure

Sahw – spiritual sobriety
Salam – peace
Sama’ – listening to music
Samt – silence

Satr – concealment
Shahwa – carnal desire
Shari’a – the [Divine] Law
Shawq – passionate longing
Shukr – gratitude
Sidq – truthfulness 
Silsilah – a chain
Sirr – the innermost self

Suhba – companionship
Sufi – means literally ‘woolen’ and by extension ‘wearer of wool’
Sukr – spiritual drunkenness 
Suluk – travel

Ta’alluh – deification
Tahayyur – wonderment
Talwin – Inconstancy

Tamkin – stability
Taqwa – fear of God
Tariqah – way

Tasawwuf – Sufism, Islamic mysticism
Tawadu’ – modesty
Tawba – repentance
Tawhid – the oneness of God
Tawajud – [The state of] ecstatic behavior
Tawakkul – trust in God
Tawali’ – dawnings

Waqt – [mystical] moment
Wara’ – scrupulousness
Warid – occurrence
Wasaya li’l-muridin – spiritual advice for Sufi novices
Wilaya – friendship with God
Wujud – ecstatic finding

‘Ubudiyya – Servanthood
Uns – intimacy
‘Uzla – seclusion

Yaqin – certainty Zuhr – renunciation