{"id":19,"date":"2012-01-12T14:06:01","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T04:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevewatson.info\/blog\/2012\/01\/12\/some-sufi-terms-in-a-useful-order\/"},"modified":"2012-03-15T22:05:07","modified_gmt":"2012-03-15T12:05:07","slug":"some-sufi-terms-in-a-useful-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevewatson.info\/blog\/2012\/01\/12\/some-sufi-terms-in-a-useful-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Essential Sufi Terms; Meanings and some Explanations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u2018Sufism.\u2019 Said to be derived from suf<\/em> = wool, which the mystics wore, or from safa\u2019<\/em> = purity.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Old man.\u2019 Each Sufi is bound to a mentor who is required to guide him on a path. Real Sufis have a connection through a chain of such shaykhs<\/em> to Mohammed. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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See Murshid<\/em><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Guide.\u2019 Eq. Shaykh<\/em> (q.v.)<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Desirous (One.)\u2019 A Sufi novice, subordinate to a shaykh<\/em>.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Chain.\u2019 The series of shaykh<\/em>-novice links that connects a Sufi to Mohammed<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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(c.f. the isnad<\/em> of a hadith<\/em>.)<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Bay\u2019at ar-ridwan<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Oath-taking of God\u2019s good pleasure\u2019<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Binds a novice Sufi to his shaykh<\/em>. Constitutes a chain in the silsilah<\/em>. Transmits barakah<\/em> from the shaykh<\/em> to the novice.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Spiritual Force.\u2019<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Angelic Force.\u2019<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Salik<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Traveller.\u2019 The Sufi on his progress.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Seeker.\u2019 Disciple, student, novice.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Faqir, Darwish<\/span><\/em>(P)<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Poor Man.\u2019 A term for the Sufi to indicate rejection of the veil of the world.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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See faqr<\/em>, station 4 in al-Sarraj\u2019s scheme.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Khirqah<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Cloak.\u2019 The patched garment of a Sufi<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Path.\u2019 The road that the Sufi travels to achieve his goal.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Also the term for a Sufi \u2018Order.\u2019 Each Order is devoted to a certain path. Any Sufi or shaykh may be a member of several orders.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Ribat, Zawiyah, Khanaqah <\/span><\/em>(P), Tekke <\/em>(T)<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Lodge or hospice. A place of retreat and training.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Love.\u2019 <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018The Real.\u2019 Common designation of God.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018The Unity of Being.\u2019 Term particularly used by Jami\u2019 and ibn Arabi.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Fana\u2019 ul-haqq<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Absorption in the Real.\u2019 To become one with the One: the Sufi goal.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Intimacy.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Fana\u2019 al-fana\u2019<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018The passing away of the passing away.\u2019 When even awareness of having achieved unification is left behind.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Wajd, Bast<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Ecstasy.\u2019<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Taste.\u2019 Personal mystical experience.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Shatahat<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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Ecstatic utterances.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Alast<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Am I not?\u2019 Ref. Koran (7:172) \u201cAm I not your Lord?\u201d The agreement of Adam and his children is the Covenant of Alast.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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These words are the original music the souls heard and inspired ecstatic dance.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Maqamat<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Stations\u2019 (s. maqam<\/em>.) Points reached in the progress of the Sufi along the tariqat<\/em>.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Distinguished from ahwal<\/em> by their persistence as qualities of the Sufi traveller.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Various systems of stations are found. The following common scheme is from Abu Nasr al-Sarraj, Kitab al luma\u2019<\/em> (ed. R.A. Nicholson, Leyden, 1914, p. 42:)<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 <\/span>1. Tawbah<\/em> \u2013 \u2018Repentance\u2019<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 <\/span>2. Wara\u2019<\/em> \u2013 \u2018Abstention\u2019<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 <\/span>3. Zuhd<\/em> \u2013 \u2018Ascetism\u2019<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 <\/span>4. Faqr<\/em> \u2013 \u2018Poverty\u2019 (hence Faqir \u2013 <\/em>\u2018Poor man\/Fakir.\u2019)<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 <\/span>5. Sabr<\/em> \u2013 \u2018Patience\u2019<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 <\/span>6. Tawakkul<\/em> \u2013 \u2018Confidence\u2019 (Trust in God)<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 <\/span>7. Rida\u2019<\/em> \u2013 \u2018Contentment\u2019<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018States\u2019 (s. hal.<\/em>) Conditions associated with the stages of the Sufi\u2019s progress.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Distinguished from maqamat<\/em> by their transitoriness.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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See e.g. sukr<\/em>–sahw<\/em>.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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No set number or content became normative in the tradition. Sarraj (See entry for maqamat, ibid.<\/em>) gives this list:<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 <\/span>1. Muraqabah \u2013 \u2018<\/em>Constant attention\u2019<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 <\/span>2. Qurb \u2013 \u2018<\/em>Nearness\u2019<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 <\/span>3. Mahabbah \u2013<\/em> \u2018Love\u2019<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 <\/span>4. Khawf \u2013 \u2018<\/em>Fear\u2019<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 <\/span>5. Raja\u2019 \u2013 <\/em>\u2018Hope\u2019<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 <\/span>6. Shawq \u2013 \u2018<\/em>Spiritual Yearning\u2019<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 <\/span>7. Uns \u2013 <\/em>\u2018Familiarity\u2019<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 <\/span>8. Itmi\u2019nan \u2013 <\/em>\u2018Tranquillity\u2019<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 <\/span>9. Mushahadah \u2013 <\/em>\u2018Contemplation\u2019<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 <\/span>10. Yaqin \u2013 <\/em>\u2018Certainty\u2019<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Character.\u2019 That the Sufi is concerned to improve.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Courtesy.\u2019<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Ikhlas<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Sincerity.\u2019<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Nafs<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Self\u2019\/\u2019Soul.\u2019 Term operates as a reflexive particle in Arabic. Only attributable as a substantive to humans. Related to nafas<\/em> = breath, so c.f \u2018spirit.\u2019<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Tazkiyat an-nafs<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Purification\/augmentation of the Soul.\u2019 A name for the Sufi path.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Nafs ammara<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Self that commands (to evil.)\u2019 1st<\/sup> of 3 stages on the path to enlightenment<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Self that blames (itself.)\u2019 2nd<\/sup> of 3 stages on the path to enlightenment<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Nafs mutma\u2019inna<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Self at peace (with God.)\u2019 3rd<\/sup> of 3 stages on the path to enlightenment<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Heedlessness.\u2019 The normal failure to attend to the care of the soul\/self (nafs<\/em>.)<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Remembrance.\u2019 The Sufi techniques to keep God in mind \u2013 e.g. constant repetition of the Divine Names.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Supplication.\u2019 Prayer. Over and above the salat<\/em> required 5 times a day. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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A companion to dhikr<\/em> (q.v.)<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Awrad, Ahzab<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Litanies.\u2019 Divine names, formulae, Koranic verses. Used as tools of dhikr<\/em> (q.v.)<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Inculcation.\u2019 A formula needs to be approved and introduced to a novice by the shaykh<\/em> before use in dhikr<\/em>.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Al-ism al-jami\u2019<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018The Comprehensive Name.\u2019 i.e. \u2018Allah.\u2019 Repetition has all desirable effects on the remembrancer.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Al-dhikr al-mufrad<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018The Single Remembrance.\u2019 Use of the name \u2018Allah\u2019. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Sama\u2019<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Hearing.\u2019 A method of inducing ecstasy by music, singing, and dancing. (\u2018Whirling Dervishes\u2019 use this. They are members of the Mawlawiyya Order founded by Rumi.)<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Very controversial.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Disposition.\u2019 The innate character of Man that makes it possible to see God\u2019s unity.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Trust.\u2019 Free choice of man for God.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Tawakkul<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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Trust in God.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Intoxication.\u2019 The ecstatic state reached in knowing God. A state where proper discretion is not observed and distinctions (such as not God-God) are not made.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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See fana\u2019.<\/em><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Sobriety.\u2019 The rational state in which proper distinctions can be made. One begins in sahw<\/em>, but it is a false state. One returns to sahw<\/em> after one recovers balance from sukr<\/em>.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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See baqa\u2019<\/em>.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Incomparable.\u2019 The view of God dominating the fuquha\u2019<\/em> and mutakallimum<\/em>, emphasizing His distance from us.<\/em><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Contrast tashbih.<\/em><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Similar.\u2019 The view of God dominating the Sufi, emphasizing His closeness to us. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Contrast tanzih.<\/em><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Annihilation.\u2019 Associated with 2nd<\/sup> stage intoxication (sukr.<\/em>) Refers to the annihilation of the self in the Sufi.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Ref. to Koran 55:26-7 \u201cEverything upon the Earth is undergoing annihilation, but there persists the face of your Lord.\u201d<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Contrast baqa\u2019<\/em>.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Subsistence.\u2019 Associated with 3rd stage return to sobriety (sahw.<\/em>) Refers to the union with the Divine.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Incarnation.\u2019 The idea that the Sufi\u2019s achievement in purifying his self (tazkiyat an-nafs<\/em>) gives him the properties of God. Strongly deprecated.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Ittihad<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Identification.\u2019 The idea that the Sufi\u2019s achievement in purifying his self (tazkiyat an-nafs<\/em>) makes identical the divine and human properties. Strongly deprecated.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Ma\u2019rifa<\/span><\/em>\/Irfan<\/em><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Knowledge.\u2019 Gnosis<\/em>. A Sufi goal.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Knowledge.\u2019 Episteme<\/em>. The goal of the fuquha\u2019<\/em> and mutakallimun.<\/em><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Khayal<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Imagination.\u2019 The source of knowledge (irfan<\/em>.)<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Aql<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Reason.\u2019 The source of knowledge (ilm<\/em>.)<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Ayat<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Signs.\u2019 Indicators of God. The World is such, so is the Koran.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Hijab<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Veil.\u2019 What blocks our vision of God. The world is such a thing.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Kashf<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Unveiling.\u2019 Revelation of the Real.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Tajalli<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018(Self-)disclosure.\u2019 God makes Himself known. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Ref. to Koran 7:143) \u201cAnd when his Lord disclosed Himself to the mountains, He made it crumble to dust, and Moses fell down thunderstruck.\u201d<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Qalb<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Heart.\u2019 The organ by which we know God.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Ruh<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Spirit.\u2019 The organ by which we love God.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Sirr<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Secret heart.\u2019 The ground of the soul. The organ by which we contemplate God.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Awliya<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Saints.\u2019 (s.m. wali<\/em>, s.f. waliyyat.<\/em>) those who have achieved the rapture (majdhub<\/em>) <\/em>that is the evidence of Sufi success.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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There is a hierarchy of saints. Hujwiri (in his <\/span>Kashf al-Mahjub<\/em>) gives it as:<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 <\/span>1. Qutb<\/em> \u2013 \u2018Axis,\u2019 the supreme leader of the saints<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 <\/span>2. Nuqaba<\/em> \u2013 (3) \u2018Overseers\u2019 <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 <\/span>3. Awtad<\/em> \u2013 (4) \u2018Supports\u2019<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 <\/span>4. Abrar<\/em> \u2013 (7) \u2018Pious\u2019<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 <\/span>5. Abdal<\/em> \u2013 (40) \u2018Substitutes\u2019<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 <\/span>6. Akhyar<\/em> \u2013 (300) \u2018Good\u2019<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Al-ins\u00e1nu \u2019l-k\u00e1mil<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018The Perfect Man.\u2019 One \u201cwho has fully realised his essential oneness with the Divine Being[.]\u201d The term is due to ibn Arabi. Famously analysed by Nicholson (1921) \u2018Studies in Islamic Mysticism\u2019 ch. 2.<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

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Karamat<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Grace.\u2019 That, and miracles of saints.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Mahfuz<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Protection of saints from serious sin.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Firasat<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Discernment.\u2019 Illuminated Sufis have supernatural powers here.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Istinbat<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2018Intuition.\u2019 The Sufi has divinely revealed knowledge not to be gained otherwise.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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<\/span>There is also a handy online edition of E. H. Palmer (1867) Oriental Mysticism <\/em>whose Appendix<\/a> has a good glossary.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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