Sufi Classics · July 8, 2026

ye's (Sufi Terminology Dictionary)

Yeis (the state of despair), is called kabz (constriction). (Istılâh, 536) Yeis is the feeling that arises when negative expectations are of no benefit; it is a feeling that causes laxity in holding firmly to something, …

Yeis (the state of despair), is called kabz (constriction). (Istılâh, 536)

Yeis is the feeling that arises when negative expectations are of no benefit; it is a feeling that causes laxity in holding firmly to something, leads to indecision, and is the enemy of recâ (hope). (Ravza, 691)

yevm-i arefe / yevm-i terviyye Yevm-i terviyye (the day of terviyye) and terviyye is the name of the eighth day of the month of Dhu’l-Hijja. It is the day when people depart from Mecca to Mina. That day is called terviyye because people drink from the water of Zamzam. Terviyye is a word in the tafʿīl form of the verb irtewā. On this day, when people drink Zamzam water with gratitude and wash themselves with it, the verb irtewā is used.

It has been said that it is called terviyye because Prophet Ibrāhīm (peace be upon him) saw in his dream that he was sacrificing his son. He wondered whether this was from Satan or from the Beloved of the Merciful, and on that day he could not free himself from pondering this matter. When the day of ʿArafa came, it was said to him, 'Do what you are commanded,' and he realized that it was from the Merciful. For this reason, it was called 'yevm-i arafe' (the day of ʿArafa). (Gunye, II, 31)

yevm-i arübe (Arübe is the name given to Friday during the Age of Ignorance.)

yevm-i cum'a 1239 Arübe day

the last of the days

in those well-known, famous six days

our tablet forcibly takes their secrets

from its Lord by means of pens