Here are a few of the popular Sufi

words to enhance the joy of reading

about the Sufi Masters.
BAQA - Arabic; Remaining, staying,
lingering, abiding; continuation of
existence; immortality, permanence.
BAYAZID - Bayazid Bastami (777-874
AD) Sufi saint and mystic from Bastam in
eastern Persia (Iran).
BULLAH SHAH - Bulleh Shah Abdullah Shah (1680-1758 AD) Sufi poet
and Qawwal, born near Bahawalpur,
Pakistan. His message was one of truth,
love and compassion. His tomb is in
Qasur, Pakistan.
DARGAH Royal court (Persian). In
India, it is a term used for a Muslim
shrine or tomb of some reputed Sufi
Master, and which is the object of
pilgrimage and adoration.
DARVESH/DERVISH ( Arabic and
Persian) Members of Sufi Muslim ascetic
religious practices. 'Dar' in Persian means
'a door', so Darvesh literally means 'the
one who goes from door to door'.
Dervishes were known as a source of
wisdom, medicine, poetry,
enlightenment, and witticisms. For
example, Mulla Nasrudin or Hoja
Nasrudin had become a legend in the
Near East and the Indian subcontinent
and his jokes are extensively mentioned
by Osho in his discourses. Mulla
Nasrudin is reputed to be a resident of
Shiraz in Iran. Amongst religious
Muslims, the darvesh is called a faqir,
which is the word generally used for
religious mendicant orders.
FANA - Arabic - passing away,
cessation; destruction, annihilation;
vanishing, extinction; non-existence;
obliteration of the self (ego).
FAQIR - One who has given up his
worldly possessions for the ultimate
pursuit and has no home; so he moves
from place to place relying on the will of
God to look after him.

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OSHO WORLD

HO or HU - The Sufis call the name of

God or Allah but they have shortened it
to HU or HU. As they say they may not
have enough time to say his full name as
any breath that could be the last. Also
considered to be a mystical sound, often
used in chants such as 'Allh H' or
simply 'H'.
ISHK - Passionate love for the
Ultimate.
KASHKUL - Begging bowl.
MELVINA - 'Mawl' means lord,
master; n indicates a place where
something is found 'where mastery is
found', My master, our master, our lord
title given to judges, heads of religious
orders, especially to Jalluddn Rm ;
also commonly written as maulana,
molana, mawlana - or mevlana.
MURSHID A spiritual guide or
master - a God Realised Saint. The
Murshid reflects the Divine Light of God
just as the moon reflects the light of the
sun.

artists and the listeners are often

transported into a state of 'wajad' where
they feel intoxicated with the presence of
God. The late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is
considered the uncrowned king of
Qawwali.
RUBAIYAT - Persian verse form with
four lines.
SAKI - Arabic; cup-bearer; wineserver or wine-pourer. Frequently used in
Persian poetry to describe the glorious
server who continually pours out the
wine everlasting to all of mankind. In the
imagery of the Sufi poets, this tavern is
the world, and the sq is God. In
whatever form, when the wine-giver
comes and gives wine, it is God who
comes. In this way, by recognising the
sq, the wine-giver, in all forms, the Sufi
worships God. He recognises God in
friend and foe as the wine-giver.
TASAWWUF - Sufi way of life

MURID A disciple or a committed

one.

WAJAD - A trance-like state where

they feel at one with God, generally
considered as the height of spiritual
ecstasy in Sufism.

MUWAKKAL - Arabic To whom

power is delegated, or trust is committed;
agent, deputy. In esoteric terminology,
muwakkals are agents, elemental beings,
who are charged with the power and
authority to carry out one's thoughts and
accomplish the desired results.

WHIRLING - Going round and

round at one spot with a fixed stare. The
movement gathers momentum with the
music and the Sufis never lose their
balance as they are centred within
themselves. Thus whirling meditation
helps to reach the 'no mind' state.

PIR - The Master the one who guides

and instructs his disciples on the Sufi
path.

WHIRLING DERVISH - The

whirling dance that is proverbially
associated with dervishes, is the practice
of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is
just one of the physical methods used to
try to reach religious ecstasy (majdhb,
fana). Turkey and Sudan, are closely
associated with whirling dervishes.

QAWWALI - Sufi devotional music

popular on the Indian subcontinent. It's a
vibrant musical tradition that stretches
back more than 700 years. Originally
performed mainly at Sunni Sufi shrines
throughout the subcontinent, it has also
gained mainstream popularity in the
West. A lead singer has a group of
supporters who sing along and clap with
the accompaniment of other musicians.
The artists and the listeners are often
transported into a state of 'wajad' where

ZIKR - Remembrance of God.