Dhawq

by Gril, Denis

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Dhawq means “taste” in the literal and figurative senses. In the Qurʾān, the damned “taste” punishment, and, in the Sunna, the believers “taste” the sweetness of faith. Philosophers and physicians endeavour to explain the physiology of taste and what can alter it. It is within Ṣūfism, however, that this term has found its most pervasive use, as it expresses the ineffable and incommunicable nature of spiritual, amorous, contemplative, and cognitive experience. Its metaphorical use is still, for …

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Dhawq means “taste” in the literal and figurative senses. In the Qurʾān, the damned “taste” punishment, and, in the Sunna, the believers “taste” the sweetness of faith. Philosophers and physicians endeavour to explain the physiology of taste and what can alter it. It is within Ṣūfism, however, that this term has found its most pervasive use, as it expresses the ineffable and incommunicable nature of spiritual, amorous, contemplative, and cognitive experience. Its metaphorical use is still, for the masters of Ṣūfism, an invitation to taste what words cannot describe. 1.

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei1807

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eng Islam

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Gril, Denis

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