Kashf كشف
unveiling (default; paired with hijab as the contrastive pair)
Kashf (كشف) — “Revelation” is forbidden because it is reserved for wahy (prophetic revelation in the technical sense). Kashf is the contemplative unveiling available to the gnostic; the distinction is doctrinally load-bearing in Akbarian Sufism’s relation to prophetology.
Etymology
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Cross-tradition resonance
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Primary sources
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Scholarly literature
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Hekhal Editorial. "Kashf." Hekhal: An Open Reference for Esoteric Tradition. Last modified May 2, 2026. https://hekhal.org/lexicon/kashf.
Hekhal Editorial. 2026. "Kashf." Hekhal: An Open Reference for Esoteric Tradition. https://hekhal.org/lexicon/kashf.
Hekhal Editorial. "Kashf." Hekhal: An Open Reference for Esoteric Tradition, May 2, 2026, hekhal.org/lexicon/kashf.
Hekhal Editorial. (2026). Kashf. Hekhal: An Open Reference for Esoteric Tradition. https://hekhal.org/lexicon/kashf
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