Lahut (al-Lāhūt)

(Language: Arabic)

Short Description: Divine Nature

Long Description: Opposed to an-Nāsūt (human nature). Ibn ‘Arabī says that an-Nāsūt is like a form or container of which al-Lāhūt is the content, or the secret life. Lāhūt is derived from ilāh, “divinity,” nāsūt from insān, “man.”

Sources: Introduction to Sufi Doctrine (by Titus Burckhardt)

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