Dhat
(adh-Dhāt)
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| (Language: Arabic) |
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| Short Description: |
Essence, Quiddity. |
| Long Description: |
The dhāt of a being is the subject to which all its qualities (ṣifāt) relate. These qualities differ as between themselves, but not in their being connected with the same subject. |
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Introduction to Sufi Doctrine (by Titus Burckhardt) |
| Notes & References: |
This expression is the feminine of dhu meaning possessor of.” |
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