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 THE BEAUTIFUL NAMES:

   Introduction

   Sufi Wazifa Practice

   Alphabetical Index

   Numerical Index

   Some Additional Wazaif

   Pronunciation Guide

   Origins of this List

   Hebrew Beautiful Names

   Chants of the 99 Names

   References

an-Nûr                                   an-Nûr  93                              

        The Light,  The Illuminator,  The One who Reveals
 

The One who is the divine light of all the worlds. The One whose light who illuminates the heart.

The One who is the light of wisdom and guidance. The One whose light clarifies, manifests and reveals.

The One light by which the obscure is made clear. The One who clears away all darkness and directs aright.
 

From the root n-w-r which has the following classical Arabic connotations:

to give light, to illuminate, to fill with light
to clarify, to reveal, to make visible
to blossom, to be in bloom (revealed)
to be flaming, blazing and apparent to the senses
to enlighten, give counsel, give advice
 

This name is used in the Qur'ân. For example, see 24:35

Surah an-Nur (24:35) has a beautiful, mystical passage from the Qur'ân describing the Light:

Allâh is the light of the heavens and the earth. A likeness of His light is as a pillar on which is a lamp - the lamp is in a glass, the glass is as it were a brightly shining star - lit from a blessed olive-tree, neither eastern nor western, the oil whereof gives light, though fire touch it not - light upon light. Allâh guides to His light whom He pleases. And Allâh sets forth parables for men, and Allâh is Knower of all things.

                                                                            tr by Muhammad Ali

(Also written as al-nur, an-nur, al-noor, an-noor, the Light: ya nur, ya noor, )