Arabic · noun · People & Roles

Arif

आरिफ़

said AA-rif

also written: Aarif

Meaning

One who has gnosis; a knower of God, a Sufi adept who has attained spiritual knowledge (ma'rifat).

Literally: knower, one acquainted

Related words

A Muslim mystic who seeks direct experiential knowledge of God.

A learned man, especially a scholar of Islamic religious sciences; a sage.