Sufi Classics · July 8, 2026

ḥikmat-i jāmiʿa

ḥikmat-i jāmiʿa (comprehensive wisdom) is to know the Real (al-Ḥaqq, i.e., God) and to act in accordance with that knowledge; and to know falsehood (bāṭil) and to avoid it. As the Prophet (the Messenger of God, peace be …

ḥikmat-i jāmiʿa (comprehensive wisdom) is to know the Real (al-Ḥaqq, i.e., God) and to act in accordance with that knowledge; and to know falsehood (bāṭil) and to avoid it. As the Prophet (the Messenger of God, peace be upon him) said: "O Allah! Show me the truth as truth and provide me with the sustenance to follow it; and show me falsehood as falsehood and provide me with the sustenance to avoid it." (Ibn Kathīr, I, 251) (Kāshānī, 63; Jāmiʿ, 82)