Dhat (adh-Dhāt)

(Language: Arabic)

Short Description: Essence, Quiddity

Long Description: The dhāt of a being is the subject to which all its qualities (ṣifāt) relate. These qualities differ as between themselves, but not in their being connected with the same subject.

Sources: Introduction to Sufi Doctrine (by Titus Burckhardt)

Notes & References: This expression is the feminine of dhu meaning possessor of.”