Lit. "The pearl of light." A term used by Sufi mystics to express the ‘aqlu ‘l-awwal, the first intelligence which God is said to have created at the beginning of the animate world. ( ‘Abdu ‘r-Razzaq ‘s Dictionary of Suf ‘i Terms.)
citations: Dictionary of Islam, Hughes
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2006-04-12