corporeally or spiritually present in Mecca at the Ka'ba, which is referred to as his maqām. The language of Sufi is a notable style of writing in Persian which is full of novel spiritual ideas and metaphors, this indicates of the needs to not take their wordings literally if it seems to be against the Islamic teachings. Cosmic Qutb The cosmic Qutb is the Axis of the Universe in a higher dimension from which originates the power (ultimately from Allah) of the temporal Qutb. The cosmic hierarchy of the Qutb The cosmic hierarchy is the way that the spiritual power is ensured to exist through the cosmos. Two descriptions of the hierarchy come from notable Sufis. The first is Ali Hujwiri's divine court. There are three hundred akhyār (“excellent ones”), forty abdāl (“substitutes”), seven abrār (“piously devoted ones”), four awtād (“pillars”) three nuqabā (“leaders”) and one qutb. The second version is Ibn Arabī’s which has a different, more exclusive structure. There are eight nujabā (“nobles”), twelve nuqabā, seven abdāl, four awtād, two a’immah (“guides”), and the qutb. People named Qutb For those named Qutb ad-Din, with many variant transliterations, see Qutb ad-Din Buildings Qutb complex, a group of monuments and buildings at Mehrauli in Delhi, India Qutb Minar, a tall brick minaret in Delhi, India References Arabic masculine given names Sufism