'ALAM

The universe; world; condition, state of being.

'Alamu 'l-arwh             The world of spirits
'Alamu 'l-khalq            The world; this life
'Alamu 'I-baqi              The future state
'Alamu 'I-a'zamah        The highest heaven
'Alamu 'sh-shahadah    The visible world
'Alamu 'l-ghaib             The invisible world
'Alamu 'l-ma' qul          The rationale world
The four mystic stages of the Sufis are 'Alamu 'n-nasut    The present world
'Alamu 'l-malakut         The state of angels
'Alamu 'l jabarut           The state of power
'Alamu 'l-lahut              The state of absorption into the Divinity

[SUFIISM.]