Hahut
(al-Hāhūt)
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| Short Description: |
The Essential Nature of God. |
| Long Description: |
A word derived from the Divine Name Huwa, “He,” and formed by analogy with the following terms, here given in descending hierarchical order: al-Lāhūt : the Divine (creative) Nature; al-Jabarūt : the Divine Power or Immensity, the world beyond form; al-Malakūt : the Kingdom of the angels, the spiritual world; al-Nāsūt : human nature, and in particular man’s bodily form. |
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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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