Arabic · noun · Spirit & the Divine

Kashf

कश्फ़
said kashf
Meaning

Unveiling; the mystical disclosure of hidden realities to the heart.

Literally: uncovering, unveiling

Usage & notes

Kashf is the lifting of the veil, the intuitive disclosure that reason cannot reach. Iqbal counts such inner unveiling among the modes of knowing, set beside and above discursive thought.