ayn al-qalb (‘ayn al-qalb)

(Language: Arabic)

Short Description: The eye of the heart, the organ of intellectual intuition

Long Description: The Intellect, or eye of the heart, is the faculty of direct spiritual or intellectual knowledge. Contrasted with the eye of the body and the eye of the reason.

Sources: Introduction to Sufi Doctrine (by Titus Burckhardt)