Dunya

Dunya (Arabic الدنيا, DMG ad - dunya ) comes from Arabic and means the world of human experiencing and creation that the here and now. Literally it means closer or deeper.

The hand This term is often used in the literature of the Sufis, where he is a symbol of the mundane as the unessential, the authentics from and goal in life, by Allah, distracts. To combat this distraction, it is necessary to control own baser instincts ( an-nafs al - Ammara ).

The well-known mystic Rabi ʿ a al - ʿ Adawiyya al - Qaisiyya supposed to have once asked, " Who will lead us to the lover ( = Allah )? " Your servant answered her, "Our Beloved is always with us, but this world cuts us off from him. "

In Arabic and Turkish Dunya is a common female first name with the meaning of the world (cf. türk Dunya = earth, world).

The opposite of Dunya 's al - achira / الآخرة / al - Ahira the Islamic afterlife as a place of divorce in heaven and hell. Another contrast to this world or to the world of men is al - Gaib, literally the unseen, of the human perception and understanding inaccessible realm of being.

In Germany known names winners are television presenter Dunja Hayali and the singer Dunja Rajter.

• Sufism