Key Concepts in the Practice of Sufism-2

Ma’rifa is a special knowledge that is acquired through reflection, sincere endeavor, using one’s conscience and inquiring into one’s inner

Key Concepts in the Practice of Sufism-2

Meaning coloring, taking on a color, painting, and presenting different views, talwin (coloring) in the Sufi language is an important

Key Concepts in the Practice of Sufism-2

Wisdom (hikma), meaning knowledge, the understanding of Divine commandments, of philosophy, of the real reasons for the existence of events

Key Concepts in the Practice of Sufism-2

Barq (lightning) is a light that flashes in an initiate during the first steps of the journey toward sainthood. This

Key Concepts in the Practice of Sufism-2

Meaning the feeling of happiness and satisfaction, and enjoyment and amusement, zawq (pleasure) in Sufi terminology is one of the

Key Concepts in the Practice of Sufism-2

Meaning joy and delight, surur (rejoicing) is a kind of contentment that embraces a person from both within and without.

Key Concepts in the Practice of Sufism-2

Altruism (i’thar), preferring others to oneself when doing a good deed, is, according to the moralists, giving precedence to the

Key Concepts in the Practice of Sufism-2

Knowledge (‘ilm) means information obtained through the human senses or through the Revelations or inspiration of God. It is also

Key Concepts in the Practice of Sufism-2

Riyada (austerity), which we can describe as disciplining life, appetite and thirst, and sleeping and waking only in order to

Key Concepts in the Practice of Sufism-2

The realization of every lawful desire without hindrance, freedom from any pressure, confinement, or subservience, the right to elect, to