Ghaib __socratesPageHistoryEdit Visual Text GHAIB غيب Lit. "Secret". The terms Ghaibu 'l-Huwiyah, "Secret essence" and al-Ghaibu 'l-Mutlaq, "the absolute unknowable," are used by Sufi mystics to express the nature of God. ('Abdu 'r-Razzaiq's Dict. Of Sufi Terms.) Based on <a href="https://www.juancole.com/library/dictionary-of-islam-hughes">Hughes, Dictionary of Islam</a> CancelTweetShareRedditEmail