Arabic · noun · Mind & Knowledge
Faylasoof
फ़ैलसूफ़
said fai-la-SOOF
also written: failasuf, philosopher, faylasuf, failasoof
Meaning
A philosopher; in Iqbal's 'Pir-o-Murid' and the Rumi passages the figure of cold reason, contrasted with the lover (aashiq) and the inspired sage who knows through the heart.
Related words
ARABIC
Falsafa
Philosophy, systematic rational inquiry into reality.
ARABIC
Aql
Intellect, reason; the calculating, analytical mind.
ARABIC
Ishq
Love — passionate, all-consuming love, whether for the divine or the human.
PERSIAN
Rumi
Jalaluddin Rumi (1207-1273), the great Persian Sufi poet of Konya (Rum), author of the Masnavi, the supreme exemplar of mystical poetry.