Awwal (الْأَوَّل)

(Language: Arabic)

Short Description: The “First”; in Islam, al-Awwal is a divine Name, as in the Koranic verse, “He is the First and the Last, the Outward and the Inward” (Sūrah “Iron” [57]:3)

Long Description: The “First”; in Islam, al-Awwal is a divine Name, as in the Koranic verse, “He is the First and the Last, the Outward and the Inward” (Sūrah “Iron” [57]:3).

Sources: Light on the Ancient Worlds: New Translation with Selected Letters by Frithjof Schuon