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islamic-tasawwufWe're still mapping where this idea was first discussed. Key passages and related ideas below.

Wajd (Ecstatic Finding)

The overwhelming ecstasy that seizes the heart when it 'finds' God, often arising in samāʿ.

The overwhelming ecstasy that seizes the heart when it 'finds' God, often arising in samāʿ.

Key passages(20)

Futuhat Makkiyya · Ibn Arabi

Very high

Ihya Culum Din · al-Ghazali

Very high

Risala Qushayriyya · al-Qushayri

Very high

Cawarif Macarif · Abu Hafs Umar al-Suhrawardi

Very high

Lawaqih Anwar · al-Sha'rani

Very high

Madarij Salikin · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

Very high

Sirr Asrar · Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

Very high

Sirr Fi Anfas Sufiyya · al-Junayd al-Baghdadi

Very high

Majmuc Fatawa · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Majmucat Rasail Wa Masail · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Kalam Cala Masalat Samac · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

High

Fawaid · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

High

Anwar Qudsiyya · al-Sha'rani

High

Asnaf Maghrurin · al-Ghazali

High

Kibrit Ahmar · al-Sha'rani

High

Lataif Isharat · al-Qushayri

High

Majmucat Rasail · al-Ghazali

High

Shifa Sail · Ibn Khaldun

High

Tacarruf Li Madhhab Ahl Tasawwuf · al-Kalabadhi

High

Tacrifat · Al-Sharif al-Jurjani

High