Light of Lights
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Light of Lights is a central mystical concept in Islamic philosophy and Sufism, especially in al-Ghazali’s Mishkat al-Anwar, denoting the ultimate divine source from which all other lights and realities emanate.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic philosophical concept
ⓘ
mystical concept ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Nur al-Anwar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Islamic philosophy
ⓘ
Sufism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralWork | Mishkat al-Anwar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | darkness as non-being ⓘ |
| cosmologicalRole |
origin of all degrees of light
ⓘ
principle of emanation ⓘ |
| describedBy | al-Ghazali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedIn | Mishkat al-Anwar (The Niche of Lights) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
created lights
ⓘ
sensory light ⓘ |
| epistemicRole | ground of all true knowledge ⓘ |
| hasAttribute |
self-subsistent light
ⓘ
source of knowledge ⓘ uncreated light ⓘ |
| hasHierarchyRelation | source of all subordinate lights ⓘ |
| hasInterpretationTradition |
classical Islamic scholarship
ⓘ
modern Islamic studies ⓘ |
| hasMeaning |
source of all other lights
ⓘ
source of all realities ⓘ ultimate divine source ⓘ |
| influenced |
Islamic illuminationist thought
ⓘ
later Sufi metaphysics of light ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Quran 24:35
ⓘ
Quranic imagery of light ⓘ |
| interpretedAs |
God in Islamic theology
ⓘ
divine essence ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| metaphoricalDomain | light and illumination ⓘ |
| philosophicalAspect |
epistemology of illumination
ⓘ
hierarchy of being ⓘ ontology of light ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
divine light
ⓘ
metaphysics of light ⓘ nur ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Islam ⓘ |
| roleInPhilosophy | foundation for a graded ontology of light ⓘ |
| roleInSufism |
focus of contemplative practice
ⓘ
symbol of spiritual unveiling ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Islamic metaphysics
ⓘ
Islamic mysticism ⓘ Islamic theology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teleologicalRole | ultimate end of spiritual ascent ⓘ |
| viewedAs |
absolute reality
ⓘ
necessary being ⓘ |
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