Arabic · noun · Spirit & the Divine

Sukr

सुक्र
said SUKR
also written: sukr, sukar, spiritual intoxication
Meaning

Spiritual intoxication; the mystic drunkenness of the soul absorbed in the Divine.

Literally: spiritual intoxication

Usage & notes

Spiritual intoxication — the rapturous, self-losing drunkenness of the mystic overwhelmed by the presence of God, classically contrasted with sahw, sober return to self-possession. The Sufi schools differed over which is higher. Iqbal's sympathies lie with the sober station: a self awakened and in command, not one dissolved in intoxication — consonant with his preference for an enduring, active selfhood over self-effacement.