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shayʾat-i Ḥaqq – shayʾat-i khalq
Shayʾat-i Ḥaqq and shayʾat-i khalq: In terms of being in need, there is nothing comparable to created beings. For only the Ḥaqq (the …
shayʾān (Tasawwuf Glossary)
Shayʾān (two things) refers to that which exists such that one is able to exist only by means of the other. (Hujvīrī, 468)
shawāhid al-tawḥīd (Sufism Glossary)
Shawāhid al-tawḥīd (manifestations of tawhid [the oneness of God]) are the determinations (taʿayyunāt) of things. Every thing has a …
shawāhid-i ḥaqq
Shawāhid-i ḥaqq (the witnesses of the Real) are the realities of the worlds. For they bear shahāda (testimony) to the Creator of the …
shawāhid al-asmāʾ
Shawāhid al-asmāʾ (witnesses of the Divine Names) refers to the way in which the worlds undergo different states through the …
shawāhid-fawāʾid-ʿawāʾid (Sufism Glossary)
Shawāhid (witnesses) are the people, ʿawāʾid (expected returns) are the anticipated reciprocations, and fawāʾid (benefits) are …
sharīf (Sufism Glossary)
The word sharīf was used in the early periods for those who were from the Ahl al-Bayt (the family of the Prophet). It did not matter …
sharia-ḥaqīqa
(community; enjoining good; lawful; spiritual stations of the people of purity; forbidding wrong; five daily prayers; the two …
sharaf-i badan (the honor of the body)
Abū Yazīd (al-Bisṭāmī) said: The sharaf-i badan (honor of the body) consists of ten things: ḥilm (forbearance), ḥayāʾ (modesty), ʿilm …
sharafāt-i malakūt (Sufi Terminology)
By sharafāt-i malakūt (the dignities of the malakūt), what is meant is the realm of souls (nefsler âlemi, i.e., the world of nafs [the …