ناسوت

Arabic

Etymology

From نَاس (nās, people), on the scale of فَعَلُوت (faʕalūt). Compare لَاهُوت (lāhūt), مَلَكُوت (malakūt), رَهَبُوت (rahabūt), etc.

Noun

نَاسُوت • (nāsūt) m

  1. (also theology) human nature, humanity
    Coordinate term: لَاهُوت (lāhūt)
    • 2004, عَلِيّ شَرِيعَتِي (ʕaliyy šarīʕatī), translated by هادي السيد ياسين, النباهة والاستحمار, دار الأمير:
      ...وَيَقُولُ أَنَّهُ مَوْجُودٌ فِي عَالَمٍ سَمَاوِيٍّ بَيْنَ اللَّاهُوتِ وَالنَّاسُوتِ
      ...wayaqūlu ʔannahu mawjūdun fī ʕālamin samāwiyyin bayna llāhūti waan-nāsūti
      ...and say that he exists in a celestial world between the divinity and humanity

Declension

Descendants

  • Persian: ناسوت (nâsut)
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