Wazifa

 

Some additional terms that may be useful
for Wazīfa practices and meditation:

Allāhumma      اللَّهُمَّ

        O Allāh

 

The greatest wazīfa.

Allāhumma means "O Allāh" and is often used rather than Yā Allāh (which would be pronounced yāllāh).

The derivation of the sacred name Allāh is not entirely known, but it is likely related to the older Semitic names for the One such as the Canaanite Elat, Aramaic Alaha, and Hebrew El.

 

lā ilāha illā Allāh

        there is no deity except Allāh

 

The four individual words in the phrase lā ilāha illā allāh, have the following meanings:

lā = no, not, none, neither

ilāha = a god, deity, object of worship

illā = but, except (illā is a contraction of in-lā, literally if not)

allāh = Allāh

See the tahlil page for more information on this sacred phrase.