Arabic · noun · Being & Non-Being

Hidaayat

हिदायत
said hi-daa-yat
also written: Hidayat, hidayat, hidaya, guidance
Meaning

Guidance, right direction, being shown the true path.

Literally: guidance

Usage & notes

Divine guidance — God's leading of human beings to truth and the right path, granted through revelation, prophets and the light within. The Quran opens by calling itself "a guidance for the godfearing." Iqbal regards hidayat as God's gracious orientation of the self, and stresses that to receive it the heart must be active and seeking, ready to translate guidance into action rather than merely possessing it.