Hahut (al-Hāhūt)

(Language: Arabic)

Short Description: The Essential Nature of God

Long Description: A word derived from the Divine Name Huwa, “He,” and formed by analogy with the following terms, here given in descending hierarchical order: al-Lāhūt : the Divine (creative) Nature; al-Jabarūt : the Divine Power or Immensity, the world beyond form; al-Malakūt : the Kingdom of the angels, the spiritual world; al-Nāsūt : human nature, and in particular man’s bodily form.

Sources: Introduction to Sufi Doctrine (by Titus Burckhardt)

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