Lataif-e-Sitta
Laṭāʾif (Arabic: اللطائف) are special organs of perception and action in Sufi spiritual psycho-physiology. Depending on context, the laṭāʾif (plural) are also understood to be the experiential qualities or forms of those perceptions and actions.
The underlying Arabic word laṭīfa (singular) means “subtlety” and the phrase laṭā’if-e-sitta means “six subtleties” (although the number of laṭāʾif can differ depending on the specific Sufi tradition).
When realized (or activated or awakened or illuminated (tajalli)), the laṭāʾif are understood to be part of Man’s spiritual “Organ of Evolution”, known as Qalb (Heart) (See “Disambiguation: Qalb (Heart) or laṭīfa”).
This integration of the laṭāʾif into Qalb is considered by some Sufi orders, especially the Naqshbandi, to be a central part of the comprehensive spiritual development that produces the Sufi ideal of a Complete Human Being (Al-Insān al-Kāmil).
