170 LIVING SUFISM AT THE PESANTREN AT-TAQY KALIPUCANG JEPARA: A SEMIOTIC STUDY OF THE PESANTREN WALL WRITINGS Atika Ulfia Adlina and Luthfi Rahman Institut Agama Islam Negeri Kudus, Indonesia UIN Walisongo Semarang Indonesia adlinautsman@iainkudus.ac.id luthfirahman@walisongo.ac.id Abstract: The expressions of Sufi spiritual experience are often shown on verbal media (Sufi language) such as poetry or simple expressions, etc. Reading the expressions requires careful reading so that the esoteric meaning can be captured. The purpose of this article is to read the writing of the walls in the at-taqy Islamic boarding school. To be able to do this reading, the semiotic method is used. Similar research has been carried out, but what makes this study unique is that the writing of the wall is a living sufism at the At-Taqy Islamic Boarding School. The result is the writing of the walls in the at-Taqy Islamic boarding school loaded with basic concepts of Sufism, namely about Fana, Wahdatul Wujud, Taubat and Muhasabah. Keywords: sufistic verbal expression, semiotis, Tasawuf concept, Sufi language A. Introduction oetic expressions from Sufis became the media in conveying their spiritual experiences and this method has been carried out by Sufis from the beginning. There are many explanations about the spiritual experience of the Sufis delivered both in the form of anecdotes, the story of allegory, poetry and even strange sufi expression (syatahiyat). There are at least two reasons why the methods of conveying spiritual experience using a particular language structure are chosen as one of the media for the expression of mysticism of Sufis. First, Sufism is essentially about the deepest dimension of Islamic teachings. Sufi terms which are primarily related to the inner condition (matters), also concerning the matter of the soul, heart and spirit full of nuances of dzauq are claimed to be better able to be captured by the meaning of the Sufi message by society rather than scientific explanation. Second, the nature of P Teosofia: Indonesian Journal of Islamic Mysticism, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2018, pp. 170-180 e-ISSN: 2540-8186; p-ISSN: 2302-8017 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21580/tos.v7i2.4403