Maʿrifa speaks of knowledge understood as recognition and direct apprehension. It does not entail a blanket rejection of study or reasoning; the source often distinguishes kinds of knowledge and their conditions.
Distinctions and context
Compare knowledge, unveiling, and taste rather than declaring them synonyms. Reports of interior experience may be historically documented as claims without being independently verified as events.
Research question
What is known, by which route, and with what limits on expression?
Source trail and evidence status
- Discovery catalogue, not a verified witnessمفاهيم ومصطلحات الفتوحات — فهرس سياقي ↗
- Discovery catalogue, not a verified witnessفهرس المخطوطات — بحث مستقل عن الشاهد ↗