When the word Passion is imagined to denote any thing different from the Affections, it includes, beside the Desire or Aversion, beside the calm Joy upon apprehended Possession of Good, or Sorrow from the Loss of it, or from impending Evil, “a*confused Sensation either of Pleasure [29/29] or Pain, occasioned or attended by some violent bodily Motions, which keeps the Mind much employed upon the present Affair, to the exclusion of every thing else, and prolongs or strengthens the Affection sometimes to such a degree, as to prevent all deliberate Reasoning about our Conduct.”

The classical Arabic dictionaries define it mainly in contrast to knowledge, buit Goldzhiher, Izutsu and others have argued that in pre-Islamic literature Root always refers to excessive and often fierce behaviour rooted in pride and honor.

Jahil is not primarily a permanent nature of man; it denotes occasional outburst of passion and as regards its effect on human intellect and reason, it implies momentary, and not necessarily permanent and constant, absence of the balance of mind. [Yusuf brother's thinking refer]

But if a man constantly happens to be in that state, if he is an habitual Jahil, then we may reasonably suppose that he is incapable of making a judicious judgment on any matter. He cannot see through things; his sight stops at the surface of things and does not penetrate deep into them. His understanding and observation are bound to be superficial, and he tends to act in all situations according to his superficial understanding. Thus we arrive at second meaning of the word Jahil, the incapacity of the mind for having deep understanding of the things which consequently produces only shallow and rash judgments on everything.

It has nothing at all to do with the concept of "ignorance".

The wind put the branch in a state of commotion, when it made it move thereby causing commotion.