On-Line Searching of the works of Inayat Khan

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Complete list of all words in the Inayat Khan texts  (So that you can find the spelling of any word)

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The usefulness of your search will primarily depend upon your choice of search words.  In general, searching works best for words what are uncommon, or when using two or more words. The search is not case sensitive, so you can ignore capitalization.

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Standardization of Spelling:

The printed volumes of the Sufi Message were prepared by a variety of editors over the years, and contained some inconsistent spelling. For example, some editions used the British spelling colour while some used color, some used Koran while others used Qur'an, and so on.

Since searching the text is very difficult with multiple spellings of various words, such inconsistencies have been generally standardized using contemporary American English in this on-line edition, except in scripture and poetry:

printed publications:	on-line edition:
Abulallah	Abul Ala
ahankar	ahamkara
al hamdolillah	al-hamdulillah
Allah ho Akbar	Allahu akbar
analyse	analyze
armour	armor
ansar	anzar
asrar ul-ansar	asrar ul-'anasir
ashik	ashiq
atonement	at-one-ment
Baghavat Gita	Bhagavad Gita
becharagi, becharegi	bi-charagi
buddh	buddhi
centre	center
colour	color
co-operation	cooperation
defence	defense
dhakir	zakir
dhikr	zikr
divers	diverse
djinn	jinn
do'a	du'a
duija	dvija
ecstacy	ecstasy
enkesar, enkessar	inkisar
ettefaq	ittifaq
fakir	faqir
Farid-ud-Din	Fariduddin
Farishta, Farishteh	Firishta
favour	favor
fulfil	fulfill
Gar-i Hira	Ghar-i Hira
gheirat	ghairat
Ghazzali	Ghazali
githa	gita
gratefullness	gratefulness
gruhastha	grihastha
hakk or haq	haqq
halka	halqa
hayya	haya
honour	honor
humamanarn	hama man am
ishk	ishq
ismahism	ism ur-rasm
Jalal-ud-Din	Jalaluddin
jelal	jalal
jemal	jamal
Jibra'il	Jabril
judgement	judgment
Jumna	Yamuna
Kaaba	Ka'ba
kalpa-vraksha	kalpa-vriksha
khamush	khamosh
khulk	khulq
kemal	kamal
khuanda pishani	khanda peshani
kibria	kibriya
Koran	Qur'an
kutubiyat	qutbiyat
madzub	majzub
Maheish	Mahesh
Manteha	Muntaha
marefat	marifat
marvellous	marvelous
Moghul	Mogul
Mohammed or Muhammed	Muhammad
Moin-ud-Din	Muinuddin
Moslim	Muslim
mould	mold
muruat or murawwat	muruwwat
Mussulman or Muhammadan	Muslim
muwakkul	muwakkal
nafs-i garm	nafas-i garm
naminaust	hamin ost
neighbour	neighbor
nimaz	namaz
nirwana	nirvana
odour	odor
parvana or parveneh	parwana
pasi anfas	pas-i anfas
peri	pari
practise	practice
programme	program
qayamat	qiyamat
quarrelled	quarreled
Qur'an	Quran
realisation	realization
Rubayat	Rubaiyat
Sa'adi	Sa'di
saheb	sahib
saki	saqi
sansara	samsara
sannyasa	sanyasa
satva or sattwa	sattva
Shams-e Tabrez	Shams-i Tabriz
shaghal	shaghl
suma	sama
sympathise	sympathize
tammas	tamas
tawajoh	tawajjuh
tawazeh	tawazu
to-day	today
to-morrow	tomorrow
tranquillity	tranquility
traveller	traveler
vairagria	vairagya
valour	valor
vecharagi	bi-charagi
vigour	vigor
wanaprastha	vanaprastha
Zarathustra	Zarathushtra
zebah	zabh
Zeb-un-nissa	Zebunnisa
zemzem	zamzam
Zendavesta	Zend-Avesta
zeval	zaval
zikar	zikr
Zuleikha	Zulaikha

All occurrences of the izāfī (relative) form transliterated as xxx-e xxx have been replaced with the form xxx-i xxx. For example: Minqar-e Musiqar is now Minqar-i Musiqar, and Iman-e Muhmil is now Iman-i Muhmil.

Specific references to the book called "The Bowl of Saki" remain as "saki", while all other uses of the word have been changed to saqi.

updated 18-Sep-2007