Hawa هوى
passion (default in Akbarian erotic-mystical poetry; the all-consuming love-desire that perplexes the lover)
Hawa (هوى) — In the Tarjumān al-Ashwāq and Akbarian erotic-mystical poetry hawā is the engine of the contemplative ascent; the arbāb al-hawā (lords of passion) are the gnostic lovers perplexed in love. In Quranic and jurisprudential usage hawā names disordered desire (e.g. Quran 4:135, “follow not hawā”); the contrastive register is part of why the Akbarian poetic appropriation is provocative. “Lust” and “caprice” are forbidden because they collapse to the negative-jurisprudential register. Distinguish from maḥabba (love-as-relational, the canonical Sufi term for divine love); when both appear, the distinction is doctrinally load-bearing.
Etymology
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Cross-tradition resonance
Related terms across traditions (each relation is a stub the editor expands):
- Eros (christian-mysticism) — [STUB: editor to expand — shared-erotic-itinerary]
Primary sources
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Scholarly literature
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Hekhal Editorial. "Hawa." Hekhal: An Open Reference for Esoteric Tradition. Last modified May 2, 2026. https://hekhal.org/lexicon/hawa.
Hekhal Editorial. 2026. "Hawa." Hekhal: An Open Reference for Esoteric Tradition. https://hekhal.org/lexicon/hawa.
Hekhal Editorial. "Hawa." Hekhal: An Open Reference for Esoteric Tradition, May 2, 2026, hekhal.org/lexicon/hawa.
Hekhal Editorial. (2026). Hawa. Hekhal: An Open Reference for Esoteric Tradition. https://hekhal.org/lexicon/hawa
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