Arabic · noun · Spirit & the Divine

Wajdaan

वजदान
said vaj-daan
Meaning

Intuition; the faculty of direct inner perception; the conscience or ecstatic knowing that arrives without reasoning.

Literally: from wajd (ecstasy, finding) — the finding-faculty of the heart

Usage & notes

Iqbal set wajdaan — intuitive, heart-knowing — beside and above cold intellect ('aql): the living certainty that reason alone cannot reach.