What does Tajrid mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Tajrid (تجريد) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Tajrid

Tajrid according to Kitab at-Ta'rifat (Al-Jurjani)

Removing the all-other and the world from secret and heart: for no veil save cosmic forms and others printed in the heart’s essence; the secret toward them is like the bumps and scratches on the mirror’s surface, hindering its flatness and marring its purity.

Tajrid according to Dustur al-'Ulama (Al-Ahmadnagari)

Among sufis: removing the all-other and the world from secret and heart, no veil save cosmic forms and considerations printed in the heart’s essence. Tadjrid in rhetoric: drawing from a thing described by an attribute another like it therein, exaggerating that attribute’s perfection in the thing; as their word: so-and-so is my friend, or a lion: drawn from the described thing of friendship or courage another, the friend or lion, like so-and-so in friendship or courage, exaggerating its perfection in him; the word « of » in their word is called tadjridiya. Tadjrid is also the name of a kalam text by at-Toussi, fine organizer.

Tajrid according to Maqalid al-'Ulum (As-Suyuti)

Drawing from a thing holding an attribute its like therein, exaggerating its perfection in it.

Tajrid according to Maqalid al-'Ulum (As-Suyuti)

Stripping the outward of accidents and the inward of ills.

Tajrid according to At-Tawqif (Al-Munawi)

Removing the all-other and the world from secret and heart, no veil save cosmic forms and others printed in the heart’s essence.

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