- Preferred translation
- unveiling
- Technical sense
- the lifting of a veil, so that what was hidden becomes present to the soul
General Technical Meaning
In mystical terminology, kashf is disclosure or unveiling: the removal of a veil through which hidden or unseen meanings become manifest.
In ʿAllāmah Ṭabāṭabāʾī’s Works
Risālat al-Manāmāt wa-l-Nubuwwāt
disclosure — explanation
Here, kashf means epistemic or mystical disclosure.
Limits of this account
It does not establish the truth, authority, or infallibility of every claimed disclosure.
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Canonical address: /glossary/kashf/