Tajalli
Tajalli refers to theophany or divine manifestation—when God reveals His attributes (sifat) or light (nur) to the heart of the mystic or through creation, without the Divine Essence (dhat) being confined to any form.
While primarily a theological term, Tajalli is occasionally used as a rare unisex name among Sufi-influenced families in Persian, Urdu, and Pashto-speaking regions, particularly those with scholarly or mystical backgrounds.
Tajalli is grammatically feminine in Arabic but used as unisex in Sufi naming traditions. In South Asia, it appears for both genders, though slightly more common for girls as Tajalli Begum.
While both relate to light, Nur is the light itself, whereas Tajalli is the manifestation or appearance of that light—theophany or epiphany. Tajalli implies the active process of divine self-disclosure.
The specific term Tajalli in the technical Sufi sense does not appear in the Quran, though the root j-l-y appears in other contexts. The concept developed in later Sufi metaphysics, particularly with Ibn Arabi.