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Dhawq

Dhawq (Arabic: ذوق, "taste") is a concept in Sufi mysticism that refers to the direct, inner experience of spiritual reality. While the term appears in the Qur’an and Hadith with various meanings, including punishment and faith, it evolved within Sufism into a central epistemological concept denoting intuitive, experiential knowledge of the divine. In…

Etymology and early usage, Foundational interpretations & Overview

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Etymology and early usage

Al-Jāḥiẓ
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Foundational interpretations

Al-Ḥākim al-Tirmidhī
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Qur’anSufismGnosisEmpiricEpistemology
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Triples72
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related to Foundational interpretations · 12
Dhawq → According, Aḥmad, Dhū, Divine, God, Miṣrī, Nūn, Rūdhabārī, Sufi, The Sufi, This, Tirmidhī
related to Dhawq as epistemology · 8
Dhawq → According, Ibn, In, It, Qushayrī, Qāshānī, Similarly, Sufi
related to Dhawq and emotional states · 7
Dhawq → Al-Hujwīrī, As, Aḥmad Zarrūq, For, Jāmī, Scholars, Within Sufism
related to Etymology and early usage · 7
Dhawq → Arabic, Hadith, Ibn Manẓūr, In Arabic, Jāḥiẓ, Qur’an, The
related to Definitions in Sufi literature · 6
Dhawq → Al-Jurjānī, Al-Tahānawī, God, Islamic, Qāshānī, Sufi
related to In Sufi poetry · 6
Dhawq → Beloved, God, In Sufi, Muhājī, Prominent, The
related to Dhawq in Sufi thought · 5
Dhawq → Qur’an, Reflecting, Sufis, Within Sufi, Within Sufism
related to Dhawq and samāʿ · 4
Dhawq → Adab, Beyond, In, Listening
related to Stages of Spiritual Experience · 4
Dhawq → Qushayrī, Sarrāj, Several Sufi, These
is a · 2
Dhawq → direct, verbal noun

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spiritual experience divine sufi taste states knowledge often qur’an sufism used inner within direct emotional also term punishment god refers

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Dhawqis adirect0.90text
Dhawqis averbal noun0.90text
punishment or rewardinstance ofReflecting how the Qur’an uses the term to describe lived experiences0.80text
Sufis adopted it to express spiritual states like aweinstance ofReflecting how the Qur’an uses the term to describe lived experiences0.80text
divine loveinstance ofReflecting how the Qur’an uses the term to describe lived experiences0.80text
or the annihilation of the selfinstance ofReflecting how the Qur’an uses the term to describe lived experiences0.80text
Najm al-Dīn Kubrāinstance ofserving as a way to receive divine knowledge beyond conventional forms of learning.Sufi thinkers0.80text
ʿAbd al-Razzāq al-Qāshānī emphasized that dhawq provides a form of insight that cannot be attained through intellect aloneinstance ofserving as a way to receive divine knowledge beyond conventional forms of learning.Sufi thinkers0.80text
Aḥmad Zarrūqinstance ofdhawq may involve both bliss and pain.Scholars0.80text
al-Jāmī acknowledged that while dhawq can affirm spiritual truthinstance ofdhawq may involve both bliss and pain.Scholars0.80text
it may also be influenced by factors such as passion or self-deceptioninstance ofdhawq may involve both bliss and pain.Scholars0.80text
al-Muhājīinstance ofProminent figures0.80text

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