Glossary Term
Risk: High- Approved rendering
- Kemuliaan
- Transliteration
- keh-moo-lee-AH-ahn
- Rejected alternatives
- nur (divine light, associated with Nur Muhammad devotion in the historic Malay Sufi tradition, e.g. the writings of Hamzah Fansuri)
Glory
God’s radiant honor and majesty. Avoid nur, which in Malay Sufi devotional literature specifically evokes the pre-existent light of Muhammad — a competing pre-existence and glory claim.