It is ordained up to a certain time. (Tercümân, 28
Shawq (longing) is calmed by union (wuṣla, meeting). It is the qalb (the heart) blowing toward the unseen; when it reaches, it subsides. Ishtiyāq (yearning) is the movement of the lover to attain the joy found upon meeting the beloved. In that moment, one does not reach the full result of ecstasy (wajd). If one does, the ishtiyāq is extinguished, for the lover has not yet been sated by the beloved. The ḥiss (passion) cannot be fulfilled in the nafs (the lower self) for the beloved. The lover is like one who drinks seawater: with every drink, his thirst increases. (Futūḥāt, TI, 358
Shawq can only be imagined for something that is partially apprehended and partially not. That which cannot be imagined at all is never longed for. Complete apprehension is only by seeing, and this is only in the hereafter. (Qudāma, 371
Shawq is the movement of the nafs to complete its joy in the presence of its Beloved. This state is the very requirement and essence of love. For the nafs always feels ishtiyāq for its beloved. Shawq is only possible for things partly known and partly unknown. When this pleasure is apprehended, it moves the lover, and he begins to desire what he cannot apprehend. Shawq does not cease in the dunyā (this world) or the hereafter until it is completed with Allah. (Rawḍa, 639
Shawq for liqāʾ Allāh (the longing to meet Allah) is realized by desiring death. This state (and similar states) usually occurs in the world at moments of fear of a calamity that would bring harm, or at the moment of a fitna (trial) that would lead one astray from the religion. When these are absent, there is the shawq to meet Allah. (Rajab, 309
Shawq is a fire kindled in the qalb, and the states of the qalb turn toward the qalb. (Jāmiʿ, 54
Shawq is of three kinds: the shawq of the common people is for the dunyā, the shawq of the khawāṣṣ (the elect) is for the hereafter, and the shawq of the akhaṣṣ al-khawāṣṣ (the elect of the elect) is related to the Mawlā (the Lord). Whoever longs for the world, the hellfire longs for him. Whoever longs for the hereafter, paradise longs for him. Whoever longs for the Mawlā, the Mawlā longs for him. (Jāmiʿ, 62
The lexical meaning of shawq is the qalb's need to meet the Beloved. According to the people of truth, it is so. Some even define shawq as the burning of the inner world, the qalb catching fire, and the lungs being torn apart.
It is said: The sign of shawq is abandoning bodily desires. It is also said: To desire death even in comfort and tranquility. (Jāmiʿ, 271
Some define shawq as the burning of the heart, the qalb catching fire, and the lungs being torn apart. Another defines shawq as the qalbs attaining presence through ecstasy (wajd) and