Hafiz
Islamic scripture guardian
Hafiz is a male given name common in Muslim cultures, derived from the Arabic word meaning "guardian" or "memorizer." The name often honors the achievement of Quranic memorization.
Hafiz is also the pen name of the beloved 14th-century Persian poet Khwaja Shams-ud-Din Muhammad Hafez-e Shirazi, whose ghazals remain widely read. (Lowercase hafiz designates one who has memorized the Quran.)
Of or from Iran
- SufiMuslim spiritual seeker
- mysticalOf hidden spiritual significance
- verseMetered poetic passage
- wineFermented grape beverage
beloved · roses · nightingale · lyric · 14th-century · Shiraz · tomb · poetry
Persian
Of or from Iran
wine · beloved · roses · nightingale · lyric · 14th-century · Shiraz · tomb · poetry · spiritual
memorization
Committing information to recall
- recitationOral delivery from memory
- IslamicOf the Muslim religion
- scholarLearned, studious person
madrasa · mosque · verse · surah · religious · devotion · oral · tradition · honor · reverence
honorific
Respectful form of address
preserver · Arabic · name · designation · respect · Islamic · caretaker · custodian · memorizer · achievement
- Islamic WritersIslamic scholars, Rumi
- Medieval FiguresGenghis Khan, Joan of Arc, Marco Polo, William the Conqueror, Dante
- Middle Eastern LiteratureArabian Nights, Rumi, Omar Khayyam, Persian poetry, One Thousand and One Nights
- mysticsmystic, seer, clairvoyant, diviner, spiritualist
- World PoetryHomer, Virgil, Dante, Rumi, Sappho
- Mystic PoetryRumi, divine union, mystical union, sacred verse, William Blake
Hafizliteralist
One rejecting figurative meaning
puritan · fundamentalist · moralist · Rumi · Attar