Sufi Classics · July 8, 2026

bayān (Sufism Glossary)

Bayān (clear exposition), that is, the bayān of these ḥaqīqas (inner realities), is the lifting of the veils present at the outward level. (Heyākil, 104) orderly and systematic possessor of the exalted station and bayān …

Bayān (clear exposition), that is, the bayān of these ḥaqīqas (inner realities), is the lifting of the veils present at the outward level. (Heyākil, 104)

orderly and systematic

possessor of the exalted station and bayān (ṣāḥib)

(This Person was described as possessing maʿrifa (gnosis), order, and system. These consist of the absolute and the restricted. In terms of Essence, there is absolute existence (wujūd); in terms of ownership (mālik), it is restricted by dominion (mulk). Understand the point to which we have alluded (ishāra) in this matter; He is the Mighty. We have not seen this point highlighted in any of the books on maʿrifatullāh (knowledge of God). The meaning of his minbar (exalted station) speech is the degrees of Allah's beautiful names, advancement therein, and adopting their qualities. That is the summit of existence (kawn). Bayān is the station of risāla (messengership). All this knowledge was conveyed to us by the pure shaykha (female shaykh) of Mecca and Medina, the daughter of our shaykh, the poetess per