Revelation and Synonymous Terms مقاله

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Keywords: Revelation, Inspiration, Unveiling, Observation, Thoughts, Vision Introduction Among various sciences and knowledges, due to the close connection between some sciences and others, we undoubtedly encounter terms that are synonymous with each other. 2. From the perspective of gnostics, revelation is of the types of intuitive unveilings that include spiritual unveiling; because sometimes a celestial being or angel manifests in a form of shapes and meanings and presents truths to the Prophet (AS), while inspiration is pure spiritual unveiling. 1. Formal Kashf: Formal kashf is a type of mukashafa that is obtained in the world of images (alam al-mithal) through the five senses; because the five senses, in the interior of the soul, due to their barzakh existence and exist in an imaginal state, and material senses are realized through the apertures of the senses present in imagination toward other senses present in the imaginal existence in the realm of intellect as a single collective existence; therefore, the soul in its inner existence and station of complete abstraction hears with intellectual hearing, sees with intellectual vision, and tastes with intellectual perception, and the same applies to other senses. This type of kashf, like formal mukashafa, has levels, only one of which is mentioned here: the manifestation of unseen meanings in the heart, which is referred to as inspiration (ilham). 45 The Holy Quran says regarding the dream of the noble Prophet of Islam: «لقد صدق الله رسوله الرؤيا بالحق » (Al-Fath, 48/27); "Allah has made true the vision of His Messenger" as previously mentioned.