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Irfaan

इरफ़ान
said ir-FAAN
also written: irfan
Meaning

Gnosis, mystical knowledge of the divine.

See it in the verse

Irfaan in Iqbal’s couplets

Na ho naumeed, naumeedi zawal-e-ilm-o-irfan hai
Umeed-e-mard-e-momin hai Khuda ke razdanon mein
Do not despair — despair is the downfall of knowledge and insight. The hope of a person of conviction stands among those who know the deepest secrets.
Hope · Youth · Courage
Related words
ARABIC

Maarifat

Experiential knowledge of God attained on the mystic path.

ARABIC

Tasawwuf

Islamic mysticism; the inner, spiritual dimension of Islam and the discipline of the Sufi path.

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