{
 "id": "concept/ilham",
 "class": "concept",
 "slug": "ilham",
 "label": {
  "ar": "الإلهام",
  "en": "Ilham (inspiration)"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "الإلهام في اللغة أن يلقي الله في النفس أمرا يبعث على الفعل أو الترك، وهو عند الأصوليين إيقاع شيء في القلب يطمئن له الصدر يختص الله به بعض أصفيائه. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3327} إلهام الأنبياء حق وحجة عليهم وعلى أمتهم، أما إلهام غير الأنبياء فليس حجة عند جمهور أهل العلم، ويفرق عن الوسوسة والتحري. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3327}{cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3328}",
  "en": "Ilham is, in the lexical sense, God putting into the soul a matter that moves to act or to refrain; for the usulis it is a thing cast on the heart that quiets the breast, reserved by God for some of His chosen servants. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3327} The ilham of the prophets is true and binding on them and on their community; the ilham of others is not binding for most scholars, and it differs from whispering and from careful search. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3327}{cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3328}"
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [
  "ideas"
 ],
 "regions": [
  "global"
 ],
 "periods": [
  "period/prophetic-era"
 ],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "spirituality-and-sufism"
 ],
 "data": {
  "kind": "doctrine",
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya (Noor copy), headword «إلهام», p.3327 of the scan (ends before the cross-reference «أولو الأرحام» on p.3328). Footnote citations omitted.",
   "generated_by": "Claude Haiku 5.5",
   "model": "claude-haiku-5-5",
   "run": "mawsua-w02-9"
  },
  "sources": [
   "source/fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3"
  ],
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 1
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "التعريف",
     "markdown": "الإلهام لغة مصدر ألهم، يقال: ألهمه الله خيرا أي لقنه إياه، وهو أن يلقي الله في النفس أمرا يبعث على الفعل أو الترك، وهو نوع من الوحي يخص الله به من يشاء. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3327}\nوعند الأصوليين: إيقاع شيء في القلب يطمئن له الصدر يخص به الله بعض أصفيائه. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3327}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الألفاظ ذات الصلة",
     "markdown": "- الوسوسة: إلقاء معنى في النفس بمباشرة سبب نشأ من الشيطان. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3327}\n- التحري: بذل جهد وإعمال فكر، أما الإلهام فيقع بلا كسب. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3327}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الحكم الإجمالي",
     "markdown": "يتفق الأصوليون على أن الإلهام للأنبياء حق، وهو حجة في حقهم وفي حق أمتهم، ويكفر منكر حقيقته، ويفسق تارك العمل به. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3327}{cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3328}\nأما إلهام غير الأنبياء فليس حجة عند جمهور أهل العلم، لأن من ليس معصوما لا ثقة بخواطره. وقيل هو حجة على الملهَم وحده إذا لم يعارضه نص أو اجتهاد. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3328}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/ilham",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Definition",
     "markdown": "Ilham in the lexical sense is the verb \"to inspire\": God inspired him with good, meaning He caused it to occur to him. It is God putting into the soul a matter that moves to act or to refrain, a kind of revelation He grants to whom He wills. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3327}\nFor the usulis it is a thing cast on the heart that quiets the breast, reserved by God for some of His chosen servants. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3327}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Related terms",
     "markdown": "- Whispering (waswasa): a thought put into the soul through a cause that the devil started. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3327}\n- Careful search (tahari): effort and thought; ilham comes without effort. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3327}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Ruling",
     "markdown": "The usulis agree that the ilham of the prophets is true; it is binding on them and on their community. One who denies its reality is an unbeliever, and one who leaves it unpractised is a sinner. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3327}{cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3328}\nFor most scholars the ilham of others is not binding, since one who is not protected from error cannot be trusted in his impulses. Some hold it binding on the one inspired alone, if no text or reasoning contradicts it. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3328}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/ilham",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "تعریف",
     "markdown": "الہام لغت میں اللہ کا نفس میں کوئی بات ڈالنا ہے جو کام کرنے یا چھوڑنے پر ابھارے، اور یہ وحی کی ایک قسم ہے جو اللہ اپنے بندوں میں سے جسے چاہے عطا فرماتا ہے۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3327}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "حکم",
     "markdown": "انبیاء کا الہام حجت ہے، اور جمہور کے نزدیک غیر انبیاء کا الہام حجت نہیں۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3327}{cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3328}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/ilham",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  }
 },
 "degree": 0,
 "contemporaries": [],
 "updated": "2026-10-23",
 "connections": [],
 "related": [
  "concept/adab",
  "concept/akhi-baba",
  "concept/al-lamma",
  "concept/al-masalah",
  "concept/al-nafs-wal-ruh",
  "concept/al-tabattul",
  "concept/al-uns-bi-allah",
  "concept/al-yaqin"
 ],
 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}