Lisān al-Ghayb

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Lisān al-Ghayb is the honorific epithet of the Persian poet Hafez, highlighting his perceived mystical insight into the unseen and the divine.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lisān al-Ghayb canonical 1
Tarjumān al-Asrār 1

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Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf honorific epithet
title
appliedTo Hafez
Hafez
surface form: Khwāja Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī
associatedWith Islamic mysticism
Persian poetry
Sufism
attributedQuality ability to interpret the unseen
prophetic-like intuition
connotation divinely inspired speech
esoteric knowledge
culturalContext Islamic Persianate world
medieval Persian literature
describes knowledge of the unseen
mystical insight
spiritual authority
etymologyComponent al-ghayb (the unseen)
lisān (tongue, speech)
honorificFor Hafez’s divinatory role
Hafez’s poetic voice
honorificType mystical epithet
religious epithet
language Arabic
meaning Tongue of the Unseen
Voice of the Unseen
refersTo Hafez’s perceived access to divine mysteries
regionOfUsage Iran
Persia
relatedConcept ghayb
kashf
script Arabic script
timePeriodOfUsage posthumous reception of Hafez
usedBy Sufi scholars
later commentators on Hafez
usedIn Persian literary tradition

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hafez hasHonorificTitle Lisān al-Ghayb
Hafez hasHonorificTitle Lisān al-Ghayb
this entity surface form: Tarjumān al-Asrār