('Alam-i sufli) The Lower Universes. The World of Corporeal Bodies.
(Sufli). It the opposite pole to that which is high ('ulwi). The cosmos is comprised of many such pairs.
('Ulwi). This is the opposite pole to low (sufli). In making his descent, from the state of non-manifestation within the Knowledge of Allah to the state of manifestation within the cosmos, man was cast down to the "lowest of the low'". This is the pl...
