Illumination of the spirit (Sufism)

Ruh is the soul, the organ of mystic contemplation. The spirit is filled with the radiance of God and the ardour of his love.

The last of four contemplative disciplines the salik (seeker after God) must pass through to obtain ma'rifa. Various Sufi orders may differ in approach but all require the same spiritual concentration; manifestation in its many forms may be dealt with in many ways but the realization of spiritual reality behind the forms is the same.