Glossary Term
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- Yücelik
- Transliteration
- yoo-jeh-LEEK
- Rejected alternatives
- nur (divine light, heavily loaded in Islamic and Sufi mysticism as Muhammad's pre-existent light)
Glory
God’s radiant honor and majesty. Avoid nur, which in Turkish Islamic and Sufi usage specifically evokes Nur Muhammad, the pre-existent ‘light of Muhammad’ tradition — an entirely different and competing pre-existence claim.