Ghaflah

A visual rendition of the Islamic model of the soul showing the region of "'ghaflah" relative to other concepts based on a consensus of 18 surveyed academic and religious experts.[1]

Ghaflah (غفلة) is the Arabic word for "heedlessness", "forgetfulness" or "carelessness". In an Islamic context, it is the sin of forgetting God and one's divine origins, or being indifferent of these.

In the Quran, ghaflah is often associated with "dalal" (going astray), kufr (disbelief), zulm (wrongdoing), and shirk (worshiping others beside God). The state of heedlessness or forgetfulness is to be remedied through dhikr or remembrance of God.

  1. ^ Rothman & Coyle 2018, p. 1733, 1735, 1742.