alam al-arwah (‘ālam al-’arwāḥ)

(Language: Arabic)

Short Description: “The world of (pure) spirits”

Long Description: The spiritual degree of reality as envisaged in the Sufic hierarchy of Being. Distinguished from ‘ālam al-mithāl, “the world of analogies,” which refers to formal manifestation as a whole, including both the psychic and the corporeal worlds.

Sources: Introduction to Sufi Doctrine (by Titus Burckhardt)

Notes & References: See Form and Substance in the Religions (Chapter “The Five Divine Presences”)