What does Al-afq al-aʿlā mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Al-afq al-aʿlā (أفق الأعلى) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Al-afq al-aʿlā

Al-afq al-aʿlā according to Kitab at-Ta'rifat (Al-Jurjani)

The end of the station of the spirit: it is the presence (hadra) of oneness and the presence of divinity.

Al-afq al-aʿlā according to Dustur al-'Ulama (Al-Ahmadnagari)

It is the end of the station of the spirit: the presence of oneness and the presence of divinity.

Al-afq al-aʿlā according to At-Tawqif (Al-Munawi)

Among the Sufis: the end of the station of the spirit, namely the presence of oneness and the presence of divinity. (At-ta'rifat, p. 33).

Al-afq al-aʿlā in the Quran

﴿وَهُوَ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ﴾

« While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon. »

Surah النجم : 7

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