Heart in Ṣūfism

by Pagani, Samuela

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In Ṣūfī tradition, heart (Ar. qalb ) designates the centre of the spiritual constitution of the human being, the locus within a person that is turned towards the invisible world and the divine realm. In this spiritual sense, qalb is distinct from the physical heart but closely related to it, as its true “meaning” ( maʿnā ) (al-Tirmidhī, 82; al-Makkī, 1:324) or as the “subtle substance” ( laṭīfa ) that is united to it (Böwering, 210; al-Ghazālī, 3:4–5). Viewing the heart as the seat of faith and…

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In Ṣūfī tradition, heart (Ar. qalb ) designates the centre of the spiritual constitution of the human being, the locus within a person that is turned towards the invisible world and the divine realm. In this spiritual sense, qalb is distinct from the physical heart but closely related to it, as its true “meaning” ( maʿnā ) (al-Tirmidhī, 82; al-Makkī, 1:324) or as the “subtle substance” ( laṭīfa ) that is united to it (Böwering, 210; al-Ghazālī, 3:4–5). Viewing the heart as the seat of faith and the organ

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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eng Islam

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Pagani, Samuela

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