alam al-arwah
(‘ālam al-’arwāḥ)
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| 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. |
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Introduction to Sufi Doctrine (by Titus Burckhardt) |
| Notes & References: |
See Form and Substance in the Religions (Chapter “The Five Divine Presences”) |
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