Discover the meaning of the term Al-lwamʿ (لوامع) in Islamic vocabulary.
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Updated on 11 April 2026 at 1:05 AM
📖 2 min readRadiant lights that shine for beginners among those with weak and apparent souls, reflecting from the imagination to the common sense, thus becoming an observation through the apparent senses. Lights resembling shooting stars, the moon, and the sun are then seen for them, illuminating what is around them. Either this stems from the predominance of the lights of compulsion and threat upon the soul, tending towards redness, or from the predominance of the lights of gentleness and promise, tending towards greenness and brilliance.
These signs remain for a time.
Radiant lights for beginners among those possessing weak and apparent souls, such that lights resembling shooting stars and the two luminaries appear and illuminate what is around them. Either this is due to the predominance of the lights of compulsion and threat upon the soul, tending towards redness, or the predominance of the lights of gentleness and promise, tending towards greenness (Al-Ta'rifat p. 204, and Al-Qashani, Istilahat al-Sufiyyah p.
74).