In the town of Odienné (Ivory Coast), Madou forges his faith in God by performing long sessions of solo zikr (recollection of God) after midnight. This article ethnographically explores the theme of light in this Sufi practice of concentration as an experiential form of being. It first describes how the light and darkness of the penumbra of the night co-initiate what I call “the devotional place” of zikr. Following a phenomenological writing, it then describes how, as hours go by, Madou’s concentration navigates towards “yeelen” (spiritual light) through the silence of the deep night. In doing so, this article elaborates the “corporeal mind” as synesthetic instants in this journey when the body becomes the mind and the mind faith, as the penumbra becomes silence and silence light. In other words, it explores the sensuous unboundedness of the self that happens in regular and long practice of nocturnal solo zikr. This article therefore offers a corporeal understanding of the light of God among practitioners of prolonged nocturnal solo zikr in West Africa.

在Odienné（科特迪瓦海岸）镇，Madou在午夜后进行了长时间的独奏zikr（对神的追忆），从而树立了对神的信仰。本文从人种学角度探讨了苏菲这种集中注意力作为一种体验形式的实践中的光的主题。首先，它描述了夜半影的光明与黑暗如何共同引发了我所谓的zikr的“灵修之地” 。遵循现象学的写作，它接着描述了随着时间的流逝，马杜的注意力是如何朝着“耶伦”前进的。（精神光）穿过深夜的寂静。在此过程中，本文详细阐述了“身体的思想”，即在此旅程中，当半影成为寂静和寂静之光时，身体成为思想和思想信仰时，即为“合体的瞬间”。换句话说，它探索了夜间独奏自发规律和长期练习中发生的自我的感性无限。因此，本文提供了上帝的延长夜间独奏的从业人员之间的光的肉体理解赞念在西非。