Aql
(al-‘aql)
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Intellect. |
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Al-‘Aql al-awwal : the first Intellect, analogue of the Supreme Pen (al-Qalam), and of ar-Rūḥ. Corresponds to the Nous of Plotinus. |
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Introduction to Sufi Doctrine (by Titus Burckhardt) |
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