Sultan Bahoo The Life and Teachings/GLOSSARY

A
 * Aab-e-hayat	The Water of life or vital water
 * Abad	Eternity, Eternal end
 * Ahl-e-Bait	The Sacred Family of the Prophet Mohammad Sall’Allahu Alayhi Wa’alihi Wasallam
 * Ahwal	Spiritual states
 * Ain-ul-yaqeen	Seeing the Divinity

B
 * Baqa Billah	Immortal or perpetual with Allah
 * Batil	Falsehood
 * Batin	Inward, innerself, esoteric self
 * Batini ankh	The inward eye, eye of soul
 * Bayat	Oath of allegiance

C
 * Chemiya Akseer	Alchemy (the process of converting metal into gold)

D
 * Daimi Hazoori	Eternal presence
 * Darood-o-Salam	Blessings of Allah
 * Deedar	Vision
 * Deedar-e-Elahi	Vision of Allah
 * Deen	The true faith

E
 * Ehsaan	The station of spiritual excellence and perfection

F
 * Faiz	Beneficence
 * Fana	Annihilation
 * Fana Fillah	Annihilation in Allah
 * Fana-Fi-Rasool	Annihilation in the Holy Prophet
 * Fana-Fi-Shaikh	Annihilation in the Mentor

G
 * Gharq	Wrecked, engrossed, absorbed
 * Ghayb	Unseen, non-manifested, hidden

H
 * Haq	The Truth
 * Haqeeqat	The Truth, the Reality
 * Haq-ul-Yaqeen	Experiencing the closeness of Divinity
 * Haraam	Unlawful
 * Haram	Holy, sacred

I
 * Ijtihad	Individual effort and striving
 * Ilham or Ilhamat	The spiritual inspirations
 * Ilm-e-Laduni	Divine Knowledge
 * Ilm-ul-Yaqeen	The knowledge of Divinity
 * Imam	The spiritual leader

J
 * Jalal	The Divine Majesty, Wrath
 * Jalwa	Manifestation
 * Jamal	The Beauty
 * Jamia	Comprehensive
 * Jamiat	Accumulation of all the Divine Attributes and spiritual stations in oneself

K
 * Kabeera, Sagheera 		Major or minor sins
 * Kamal	Perfection
 * Kamil Akmal		The supreme and perfect
 * Karam	Generosity
 * Karamat	Miracle

L
 * Laduni	God-given, Knowledge direct from Allah
 * Lahut Lamakan	Station beyond all stations
 * Laqa-e-Elahi	Meeting with Allah
 * Lauh-e-Mahfooz	The Guarded Tablet upon which the destinies are inscribed

M
 * Mahjoob	Veiled
 * Majazi	Metaphorical
 * Majlis-e-Mohammadi	Assembly of the Holy Prophet Sall’Allahu Alayhi Wa’alihi Wasallam
 * Majzoob	Lost in Divine Meditation
 * Manazil	Waystations

N
 * Nafas	Breath
 * Nafi	Negation
 * Nafs	Baser self, lower self, ethereal self
 * Nafs-e-Ammarah	The depraved self, which commands to commit sins
 * Nafs-e-Lawama	The self that blames, conscious of faults

P
 * Pehchan	Recognition

Q
 * Qaba Qausain	Two bows length, extreme nearness to Allah
 * Qalam	The Supreme Pen
 * Qalb	The heart, soul
 * Qalb-e-Saleem	The pure heart
 * Qubd	A spiritual state, contraction, the heart is firmly gripped by Allah

R
 * Rabubiyat	Lordship
 * Rab-ul-Arbab	Lord of the Lords
 * Rafzi	Dissenter
 * Raza	Consent, submission to the Will of Allah
 * Riyazat	Ascetic discipline, mystic exercise

S
 * Sabir	Enduring
 * Sahib-e-Musamma 		The possessor of the Essence and the Personal Name of
 * Ism-e-Allah Zaat 		Allah alongwith all His attributes
 * Sahib-e-Sir’r	The possessor of Divine Secret
 * Saliheen	The righteous ones, the pure ones
 * Salik	Traveller

T
 * Tafakkur	Reflection, meditation
 * Tafrid	Isolation or inward solitude
 * Tajalli	Self Disclosure
 * Tajrid	Detachment from everything other than Allah
 * Talab	To seek or demand

U
 * Ulama	Men of outward knowledge or the learned masters
 * Ummat	Nation
 * Ursh	Divine Throne, Empyrean

V
 * Vaseela	The means, mediator, source
 * Visal	Union (with Allah)

W
 * Waham	Conversation with Allah
 * Wahdaniyat	Unity or unification
 * Wahdat	Oneness
 * Wahi	Revelation
 * Wali	The friend of Allah

Z
 * Zaat	The Essence, The Divine Self
 * Zahid	An ascetic
 * Zahir	Superficial, apparent or physical
 * Zawal	Decline
 * Ziarat	Privilege of seeing