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šebh (Sufism Glossary)
Šebh is the shadow of the mujarrad (abstract) light. All the spiritual (rūḥānī) attributes found within it are contained in this light. …
shabābat (youth)
Shabābat (youth) is used in reference to the Messenger of God (peace be upon him). It signifies the manifestation of Allah in him in …
Shādhiliyya
The Shādhiliyya follow the path of sulūk (spiritual journeying) with the kalima-i tawhid (declaration of the oneness of God), “Lā ilāha …
The Sober Intoxicated (Mütesâkirin) (Sufism Glossary)
This is the state. In this ḥāl (spiritual state), it is possible for the awareness-state found among the Sufis to be present. …
on its comprehensiveness (Sufi Terminology)
It is so. However, this comprehensiveness does not pertain to the actual existence of the aforementioned considerations, but rather to …
shāhid (Sufi Terminology)
Shāhid is that which shows you what is absent from you. That is, it prepares your qalb (the heart) for its existence. The poet has …
ıyan (Sufism Glossary)
It is to remove the veil of knowledge from matters such as striving for, union (ittiṣāl), separation (infiṣāl), and other attributes of …
istilām (Sufism Glossary)
Istilām descends upon the intellects. It is an attribute of ghalaba (overpowering spiritual dominance), which uproots them through its …
ıstilāḥi's-sūfiyya (Sufi Terminology)
Among these, only a few of his works are et-Tadbīrātu'l-ilāhiyya (Tadbīrāt), Tercümānü'l-eşvāq (Tercümān), and 'Uqletü'l-müstevfiz …
istifā (Sufism Glossary)
Istifā is of two kinds: the istifā of the prophets and the istifā of the believers (muʾmin). The istifā of the prophets is …