hikmah
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Etymology
Noun
hikmah (countable and uncountable, plural hikmahs)
- (Islam) Wisdom and understanding about the divine.
- 1996, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Oliver Leaman, History of Islamic Philosophy, →ISBN, page 947:
- Therefore to study hikmah (theosophy) is to undertake a journey towards God; towards divinity; in other words, to al-Haklm
- 2013, Abdullah Sahin, New Directions in Islamic Education: Pedagogy and Identity Formation, →ISBN:
- Furthermore, the Qur'anic concept of hikmah, or wisdom, together with the concept of kitab, constitute the content of the Divine curriculum (kitab wa hikmah) that different historical societies were initiated into.
- 2015, Shahab Ahmed, What Is Islam?: The Importance of Being Islamic, →ISBN, page 16:
- As such, hikmah is the knowing of the idea and reality of the Universal Truth of Divine Creation; that is to say, hikmah is the knowing of the Truth of God -- as Ibn Sina wrote, it encompasses Divine Science.
Etymology
From Malay hikmah, from Classical Malay hikmah, from Arabic حِكْمَة (ḥikma). Doublet of hikmat.
Pronunciation
Noun
hikmah (first-person possessive hikmahku, second-person possessive hikmahmu, third-person possessive hikmahnya)
- wisdom
- Synonym: kebijaksanaan
- supernatural power
- Synonym: kesaktian
- use, benefit
- Synonym: manfaat
Derived terms
- berhikmah
Further reading
- “hikmah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Etymology
Noun
hikmah (Jawi spelling حکمه, plural hikmah-hikmah, informal 1st possessive hikmahku, 2nd possessive hikmahmu, 3rd possessive hikmahnya)
Descendants
- Indonesian: hikmah
Further reading
- “hikmah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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