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Sufi Classics · July 8, 2026

ısmâd (Sufism Glossary)

The person who makes a claim and is filled with it, that person, along with these, is also in need of the truthfulness of samadāniyya …

Sufi Classics · July 8, 2026

Ḥātır (Notion, Impulse) in Kalām (Theology) (Sufi Terminology)

When one attains to ḥaqīqa (inner reality) and a state arises resembling the qiyāma (the Resurrection), the (spiritual farmer) cannot …

Sufi Classics · July 8, 2026

ğında (Sufi Terminology)

It is not characterized by any relation such as height or lowness. It is that which is called yāqūta-i bayḍāʾ (the white ruby). The …

Sufi Classics · July 8, 2026

dhikr / adhkār (Remembrance of God)

There are those who remember countless things related to the majesty (ʿazama) and sovereignty of the Real (God) and similar …

Sufi Classics · July 8, 2026

Bevādih and Havācim (Sufi Terminology)

The fact that it takes hold of him is among these. The those who are above the sudden spiritual influxes (wārid, pl. wāridāt) in terms …

Sufi Classics · July 8, 2026

on being a Sufi (Sufism Glossary)

One who wears (the woolen cloak), who makes his nafs (the lower self) taste the bitterness of hardship, who turns his back on the …

Sufi Classics · July 8, 2026

üstün (Sufi Terminology)

Know that the manifestation (tajallī) of aḥadiyya (the station of absolute oneness) is a link between outwardness (ẓāhir) and …

Sufi Classics · July 8, 2026

üns-heybet (Sufism Glossary)

falāmat al-uns; ahl al-uns (people of intimacy); majālis al-hayba; uns billāh (intimacy with Allah) He was asked, "What do you say …

Sufi Classics · July 8, 2026

umm al-kitāb (Sufism Glossary)

Umm al-Kitāb is the First Intellect (ʿAql-i Awwal, the First Intellect that is the first thing to emanate from Allah). (Kāshānī, 32; …

Sufi Classics · July 8, 2026

Ümenâʾ

Ümenâʾ (trustworthy ones) are Melâmīs who never reflect their inner spiritual states (bāṭinī ḥāl) in their outward appearance. Their …