Hu (Sufism)

Hu or Huwa is a name for God in Sufism. Literally, Hebrew and Arabic for the English pronoun "He".

In Sufism Hu or Huwa is the pronoun used with Allah or God, and is used as a name of God. Allah Hu means "God, Just He!" In Arabic Allah means God and with Hu, as an intensive added to Allah, means "God himself." Hu is also found in the Islamic credo La Ilaha Ila Allah Hu: "There is no God but Allah," or in Sufi interpretation "There is no reality, except God", or in La Ilaha Ila Huwa meaning "There is no god but He".^[1]

References

Names of God

in Christianity in Islam in Judaism in Zoroastrianism in Chinese language

Adonai Ahura Mazda Allah Brahman Cao Đài Elohim Elyon El Shaddai Haneullim Hu I Am that I Am Ik Onkar Ishvara Jah Jehovah Khuda The Lord Ngai Olodumare The One Parvardigar Shangdi Svayam Bhagavan Tetragrammaton Tianzhu Waheguru Yahweh

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