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

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf honorific epithet ⓘ
title ⓘ
appliedTo Hafez ⓘ
Khwāja Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī ⓘ
linked to: Hafez
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Hafez → hasHonorificTitle → Lisān al-Ghayb ⓘ
Hafez → hasHonorificTitle → Tarjumān al-Asrār ⓘ
linked to: Lisān al-Ghayb