Nur (an-Nūr)

(Language: Arabic)

Short Description: Light

Long Description: Particularly the uncreated Divine Light, which includes all manifestation and is identified with Existence, considered as a principle. “God is the Light (Nūr) of the heavens and the earth…” (Qur’ān 24:35).

Sources: Introduction to Sufi Doctrine (by Titus Burckhardt)