Arabic · noun · Spirit & the Divine

Sukr-o-Sahw

सुक्र-ओ-सह्व

said SUKR-o-SAHW

also written: sukr-o-sahw

Meaning

'Intoxication and sobriety' — the two contrasting mystical temperaments, ecstatic abandon and lucid self-control.

Literally: intoxication and sobriety

Usage & notes

Iqbal weighs the intoxicated and sober schools of mysticism, casting his lot finally with the sobriety that acts.

Related words

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

Spiritual sobriety, the lucid return to self-awareness after ecstatic intoxication.

Ecstasy; the rapture that overtakes the Sufi when the Divine touches the heart, often in sama.