An Investigation Of Concepts Related To The Term "Waqt" (Mystical Time/Moment) In Seven Prose Sufi Works (Translations Of Risalat Al-Qushayriyya, Kashf Al-Mahjub, Tamhidat, Tazkirat Al-Awliya', 'Awarif Al-Ma'arif, Mirsad Al-'Ibad, Misbah Al-Hidayah)
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Irfan, Sufism, Time, The term waqt, Risalat al-Qushayriyya, Kashf al-Mahjub, Tazkirat al-Awliya', 'Awarif al-Ma'arif.Abstract
The aim of this research is to investigate the concepts related to the term "waqt" (mystical time/moment) in seven prose Sufi works. The research method is descriptive-analytical using library resources. For the perfect Sufis, waqt has the status of a servant whom they can control and influence as they wish, while for the imperfect ones and those who have not reached the ultimate level of gnosis, waqt has the status of a sovereign who influences their being and subjects them to whatever state it desires. According to the Sufis' view, waqt can be either permanent or transient. This research also attends to another matter that previous researchers have not addressed separately, which is the factors that waste and disturb waqt; although this may seem simple and rudimentary, it is an important and original discussion. Another point highlighted in this research is the concepts that are somehow related to waqt, either directly or indirectly. In the books studied in this research, in addition to the well-known mystical meaning of waqt, it also has a lexical meaning referring to time, period, or era, and sometimes compound words are formed using this term.
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