Tanazzulat
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Tanazzulat, or "descents" (Arabic تنزلات, plural of Tanazzul, تنزل), refers to the act of descent of the pre-existing Qur'an through different Realms. The general acceptance, not necessarily within a Sufi discourse, is that the Qur'an descended firstly (i.e., first Tanazzul) to the Loh-el-Mehfooz (Preserved Scripturum) in an early unknown or undefined time.
Later on, the Qur'an descended to the cosmic realm in the Laylat al-Qadr (Night of Destiny). This is based on an understanding of Surat Al-Qadr:1 as referring to descent of the Qur'an in its entirety. This is backed by b. Abbas’s "… descended in Ramadan, on the Laylat al-Qadr in one lay down (jumlah, Ar. جملة), …"
In this line of development, the final descent was when the Qur'an was revealed to Muhammad by the angel Gabriel.
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