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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 Sufism , dhawq is a direct, first-hand experience. It refers, principally, to the Gnosis of God which is achieved experientially, as a result of rigorous empiric spiritual wayfaring. It plays an important role in the epistemology of Al-Ghazzali , and is often expressed, to some extent, in teleological statements scattered throughout his works.
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Dhawq (tasting) is a concept in Sufism , referring to direct, first-hand experience. It refers, principally, to the Gnosis of God which is achieved experientially, as a result of rigorous empiric spiritual wayfaring. It plays an important role in the epistemology of Al-Ghazzali , and is often expressed, to some extent, in teleological statements scattered throughout his works.
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In Sufism , dhawq (tasting) is direct, first-hand experience. It refers, principally, to the Gnosis of God which is achieved experientially, as a result of rigorous empiric spiritual wayfaring. It plays an important role in the epistemology of Al-Ghazzali , and is often expressed, to some extent, in teleological statements scattered throughout his works.
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Term in Sufism In Sufism , dhawq ( ) is direct, first-hand experience. It refers, principally, to the Gnosis of God which is achieved experientially, as a result of rigorous empiric spiritual wayfaring. It plays an important role in the epistemology of Al-Ghazzali , and is often expressed, to some extent, in teleological statements scattered throughout his works.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “concept in sufism”. Today it says “concept in sufi mysticism that refers to the direct”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Term in Sufism In Sufism”. It now reads “Term in Sufism”. Read the current article and compare.
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concept in sufism
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concept in sufi mysticism that refers to the direct
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