udum
(al-‘udum)
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| (Language: Arabic) |
| Alternate Spellings: |
adam |
| Short Description: |
Non-existence, absence, Non-Being, nothingness. |
| Long Description: |
In Sufism this expression includes on the one hand the positive sense of non-manifestation, of a principial state beyond existence or even beyond Being, and on the other hand a negative sense of privation, of relative nothingness. |
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| Source(s): |
Introduction to Sufi Doctrine (by Titus Burckhardt) |
| Notes & References: |
Often vocalized as al-‘adam. |
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