Lataif-e-Sitta

Lataif-e-sitta (Arabic: اللطائف الستة) are special organs of perception in Sufi spiritual psychology, subtle human capacities for experience or action. Depending on context, the lataif are also understood to be the qualities (or forms) of consciousness[1] corresponding to those experiences or actions.

The underlying Arabic word latifa (singular) means "subtlety" and the phrase Lataif-e-sitta means "six subtleties" (although the number of lataif can differ depending on the specific Sufi tradition).

When realized (or activated or awakened or illuminated (tajalli)),[2] the lataif are understood to be part of Man's spiritual "Organ of Evolution",[3] known as Qalb (Heart) (See Disambiguation: Qalb (Heart) or latifa).

This integration of the lataif into Qalb is considered by some Sufi orders to be a central part of the comprehensive spiritual development that produces the Sufi ideal of a Complete Man (Al-Insān al-Kāmil).

Different understandings of the lataif

Not all Sufi orders teach about the lataif. Of those which do, descriptions and understandings can differ depending on the specific Sufi tradition and exponent representing it.

In addition, individual Sufi teachers (see Sheikh (Sufism)) sometimes understand aspects of lataif theory and practice according to how the lataif have been uniquely revealed to them.[4]

In general, there are at least three major historical understandings of the lataif:

  • (13th century) The Kubrāwī order, described in the writings of Ala ud-Daula Simnani (1261–1336), views the lataif as potential psychospiritual organs/capacities that can be realized as progressive stages in those undergoing spiritual development;
  • (17th century) The Mujaddidiyya branch of the Naqshbandi order, described in the writings of Ahmad Sirhindi (1564–1624), views the lataif as psychospiritual organs/capacities that are potential receptors of Divine energy[4] when activated in those undergoing spiritual development;
  • (20th century) The Punjab tradition within the Naqshbandi order, described in the writings of Ikbal Ali Shah (1894–1969) and Idries Shah (1924–1996), views the lataif as actual human psychospiritual organs/capacities that are implicit in everyday life and made explicit in those undergoing spiritual development.

Kubrāwī lataif (13th century)

According to the view of the Kubrawi order there are seven lataif. They are understood cosmologically as "descending" levels through which reality is created and structured.[5][6]

In the process of spiritual development, the individual Sufi is understood to "ascend" back through these levels progressively (see ontological Arcs of Descent and Ascent in Sufism).

The attainment of each level is a stage associated with the activation/realization of a corresponding spiritual organ/capacity, interpreted symbolically through Islamic cosmology and the prophets and messengers in Islam.[7]

In ascending order they are:

  • Latifa Qalabiya (associated with an experience of the color black) represents the acquisition of a new organ, an embryonic subtle body. It is understood symbolically as "the Adam of one's being", since Adam was the first human being.
  • Latifa Nafsiya (color blue) is an organ that corresponds to the animal soul and is a testing ground for struggle with desires and passions. It is understood symbolically as "the Noah of one's being", since Noah faced the same situation in dealing with the hostility of his people.
  • Latifa Qalbiya (color red) is the organ that will develop to become the True Ego, the real personal individuality. It is understood symbolically as "the Abraham of one's being", since the prophet Abraham historically represents the establishment of real religion.
  • Latifa Sirriya (color white) is an organ of superconsciousness. It is understood symbolically as "the Moses of one's being", since the prophet Moses participated in spiritual communication with God through this consciousness.
  • Latifa Ruhiya (color yellow) is an organ through which an individual becomes capable of acting as vice-regent of God. It is understood symbolically as "the David of one's being", since the prophet David fulfilled that role.
  • Latifa Khafiya (color black) is the subtle organ that receives spiritual inspiration. It is understood symbolically as "the Jesus of one's being", since the prophet Jesus was characteristic of such inspiration.
  • Latifa Haqqiya (color green) is the subtle organ that is the final achievement of spiritual development: the True Ego. It is understood symbolically as "the Mohammed of one's being", since Mohammed was the final prophet.

Naqshbandi lataif (Mujaddidiyya) (17th century)

According to the view of the Mujaddidiyya branch of the Naqshbandi order there are five lataif.[8] The reception of each latifa's spiritual energy from its corresponding cosmic realm is interpreted symbolically through the prophets and messengers in Islam, similar to the interpretation of the Kubrawi order:

  • Qalb (color yellow; located below left breast) (Adam)
  • Ruh (color red; located below right breast) (Abraham/Noah)
  • Sirr (color white; located above left breast) (Moses)
  • Khafi (color black; located above right breast) (Jesus)
  • Ikhfa (color green; located at sternum) (Mohammed)

In this understanding, the lataif all have their physical association in the chest and so are said to be "of the Heart" (Qalb, the potential human "Organ of Evolution" (see: Disambiguation: Qalb (Heart) or latifa).

Naqshbandi lataif (Punjab tradition) (20th century)

According to the Punjab tradition within the Naqshbandi order there are five lataif:[2]

  • Qalb (color yellow; experienced in left side of the body)
  • Ruh (color red; experienced in right side of the body)
  • Sirr (color white; experienced in solar plexus)
  • Khafi (color black; experienced in forehead)
  • Ikhfa (color green; experienced in center of chest)

In the view of Naqshbandi author Idries Shah (1924–1996), who emphasizes the modern-day psychological aspects of Sufism,[9] the lataif are understood to be spiritual organs/capacities that also underlie ordinary forms of human consciousness.[10]

As such, they are ordinarily only known indirectly through the equivalents (or their distortions) that they pattern on the conventional mental/emotional/somatic level of human experience.

Shah-inspired[11] spiritual teacher Hameed Ali (A. H. Almaas) (1944–) understands some of these equivalents and conditioned distortions as follows:[12]

  • Qalb (Joy/Wanting)
  • Ruh (Strength/Anger)
  • Sirr (Will/Anxiety)
  • Khafi (Peace & Intuition/Agitation)
  • Ikhfa (Compassion/Hurt)

Comparison of understandings of the lataif

Latifa Sufi Tradition Color Association Physical Association Note
Qalb Kubrawi (1) Red (?) Kubrawi:[5]
Qalb Naqshbandi (Mujaddidiyya) (1) Yellow below left breast Mujaddidiyya:[13]
Qalb Naqshbandi (Awaisi) (1) Yellow below left breast Awaisi:[14]
Qalb Naqshbandi (Punjab) (1) Yellow left side of body Punjab:[2]
Qalb Chisti (1) Red left breast
Qalb Inayati (1) Red left breast Inayati:[15]
Qalb Khwajagan (1) Red left breast Khwajagan:[16]
Qalb Burhaniyya (1) Yellow below left breast Burhaniyya:[17]
Ruh Kubrawi (2) Yellow (?)
Ruh Naqshbandi (Mujaddidiyya) (2) Red below right breast
Ruh Naqshbandi (Awaisi) (2) Red below right breast
Ruh Naqshbandi (Punjab) (2) Red right side of body
Ruh Chisti (2) Green center of chest
Ruh Inayati (2) White right breast
Ruh Khwajagan (2) Yellow right breast
Ruh Burhaniyya (2) Red below right breast
Sirr Kubrawi (3) White (?)
Sirr Naqshbandi (Mujaddidiyya) (3) White above left breast
Sirr Naqshbandi (Awaisi) (3) White above left breast
Sirr Naqshbandi (Punjab) (3) White solar plexus
Sirr Chisti (3) White right breast
Sirr Inayati (3) Green center of chest
Sirr Khwajagan (3) White left breast
Sirr Burhaniyya (3) Green center of chest
Khafi Kubrawi (4) Black/Green (?)
Khafi Naqshbandi (Mujaddidiyya) (4) Black above right breast
Khafi Naqshbandi (Awaisi) (4) Blue above right breast
Khafi Naqshbandi (Punjab) (4) Black forehead
Khafi Chisti (4) Indigo forehead
Khafi Inayati (4) Indigo forehead
Khafi Khwajagan (4) Green right breast
Khafi Burhaniyya (4) White forehead
Ikhfa Naqshbandi (Mujaddidiyya) (5) Green sternum
Ikhfa Naqshbandi (Awaisi) (5) Green sternum
Ikhfa Naqshbandi (Punjab) (5) Green center of chest
Ikhfa Chisti (5) Black top of head
Ikhfa Inayati (5) Black top of head
Ikhfa Khwajagan (5) White center of chest
Ikhfa Burhaniyya (5) Black top of head
Qalab Kubrawi (5) Black (?)
Qalab Chisti (6) Gray floor of pelvis
Nafs Kubrawi (6) Blue (?) See Disambiguation: Nafs (Egoic Self) or Latifa
Nafs Chisti (7) Yellow below navel "
Nafs Inayati (6) Yellow below navel "
Nafs Khwajagan (6) Blue forehead "
Nafs Naqshbandi (Awaisi) (6) colorless forehead "
Haqq Kubrawi (7) Green (?)
Sultan Naqshbandi (Awaisi) (7) colorless entire body may be the same as Qalab[18][better source needed]

Activation of the lataif

With rare exceptions, lataif are only experienced directly (and unconditionedly) in human beings who have undergone a spiritual evolution. The spiritual process of their full opening/activation/awakening/illumination consists of various methods, singly or in combination, such as:

  • A specific type of dhikr ("remembrance"), the recitation of Quranic phrases accompanied by certain postures, breathing, movement, and/or bodily attention
  • A direct activation, called tawajjuh ("transmission"), of the latifa by an intentional interaction between teacher and student.[19]
  • A special kind of muraqabah ("watching"), that includes having the student concentrate awareness on the part of the body that is associated with a latifa.[20]

Just as interpretations of the lataif vary depending on different Sufi traditions and teachers, so does their opening/activation/awakening/illumination. For example:

Kubrawi

In the Kubrawi tradition, Sufi Ala ud-Daula Simnani (1261–1336) described a dhikr type practice that involved certain postures, the rotation of attention and breath to different parts of the physical body, and the recitation of a Quranic credal formula.[21][22]

Khwajagan

In the Khwajagan tradition, Rif'at Bey described a practice in which the name of Allah is imagined "written in letters of light" at the physical location associated with a latifa and repeated silently until the color associated with it is seen surrounding the letters.[16]

Naqshbandi (Mujaddidiyya)

In the Mujaddidiyya tradition, the lataif are opened through practice one-by-one in "ascending" order, beginning with Qalb. Viewed as a progressive activation, each latifa (or progressive combination of lataif) is considered to be a level of spiritual realization.

The method of opening each latifa typically begins with a direct transmission of Barakah (spiritual Presence[23]) by teacher to student, and can also include physical touch (except for women) and the disclosure of the specific one of the Names of God in Islam that is associated with the latifa. The student then continues the practice by silent dhikr of the Divine Name, concentrating attention on the latifa's location; sometimes a visualization of the Name, the corresponding prophet, or the teacher is also added.

Naqshbandi (Awaisi)

In the Awaisi tradition,[24] all the lataif are illuminated through a single dhikr cycle beginning with Qalb and continuing with the other six lataif in order. The student inhales vigorously into the Qalb(Heart) with a silent, attentive "Allah" and exhales out to each specific latifa with a silent, attentive "Hu". (See corresponding "External Link").

Naqshbandi (Punjab)

In the Punjab tradition, Idries Shah describes a type of muraqabah (meditation), in which the student concentrates awareness on the part of the body that is associated with a latifa.[20] This tradition also employs various indirect methods, including psychological and somatic, which free the lataif by reducing the mental/emotive/somatic distortions that "veil" (see Hijab (Sufism)) their functioning.

Different experiences of the lataif

Experiences of the lataif can be of (at least) two different types, singly or in combination:

  • "Visual" experiences
  • "Tactile" experiences

In the Kubrawi tradition

In Persian Sufi Illuminationism (see: Najm al-Din Kubra), all creation is a successive outflow from the original Supreme Light of Lights (Nur al-Anwar) (see: Nūr (Islam)). The cosmology of this tradition is a kind of Emanationism in which immaterial Light descends from the Light of Lights in ever-diminishing intensity. In other words, Creation at all levels of its existence—including that of the lataif—is made up of varying degrees of Light.

Accordingly, the experiences of the lataif are both an external "visual" experience of photisms ("acts of light") and a tactile inner feeling (dhawq), as described by Henry Corbin.[25]

In the Khwajagan tradition

The lataif are experienced primarily as colors seen surrounding the name of Allah at the physical location associated with each latifa, as described by Rifa't Bey.[16]

In the Naqshbandi (Punjab) tradition

The experiences of the lataif are primarily localized forms of an overall "tactile" spiritual Presence ("Hudur"[23]) in the body, as described (for example) by Hameed Ali.[26]

Disambiguation of the lataif

Different Sufi traditions often have different "maps" of reality, some of which include the lataif and some of which do not. In addition, these maps often include features or terminology, some of which are more directly related to the lataif and some of which are less directly related.

Arabic, Quranic, or Sufi meaning of lataif

The English word lataif is the plural of the transliterated Arabic word latifa that stems from the trilateral verb la-ṭa-fa, which means "to be subtle".[27]

It assumed a spiritual meaning in the Quran where Al-Latif is the 30th of the 99 names of God in Islam, reflecting His subtle nature.[27][28]

And it was subsequently adopted by Sufism to refer to the five spiritual qualities of the "World of God's Command" (see Disambiguation: Ten, five, or six lataif) because they are not gross, material qualities of the physical world.[29]

Transliteration or translation or interpretation of the lataif

English language authors use three methods when referring to specific lataif:

  • a transliteration of the Arabic word
  • a translation of the word's general Arabic meaning
  • an interpretation of the experience that is the word's specific Sufi meaning.

Laleh Bahktiar[5] uses both a transliteration and a translation:

  • Latifah ("Subtle Organ")
  • Qalabiya ("Mold")
  • Nafsiya ("Soul")
  • Qalbiya ("Heart")
  • Sirriya ("Secret")
  • Ruhiya ("Spirit")
  • Khafiya ("Inspiration")
  • Haqqiya ("Seal")

Idries Shah also[30] uses both a transliteration and a translation:

  • Lataif ("special Organs of Perception" and "the Five Subtleties")
  • Qalb ("Mind")
  • Ruh ("Spirit")
  • Sirr ("Consciousness")
  • Khafi ("Intuition")
  • Ikhfa ("Deep perception of Consciousness")

Hameed Ali[31] uses a transliteration and an interpretation:

  • Qalb ("Joy")
  • Ruh ("Strength")
  • Sirr ("Will")
  • Khafi ("Peace" & "Intuition")
  • Ikhfa ("Compassion")

Ten, five, or six lataif

In the version of Sufi cosmology proposed by Ahmad Sirhindi (1564–1624),[29][32] God created the universe in three stages:

  • First came the "World of God's Command" (alam al-amr), which emerged instantly when God said, "Be!" The five subtle qualities (lataif) of God's Command were: Qalb, Ruh, Sirr, Khafi, and Ikhfa.
  • Then came the "World of God's Creation" (alam al-khalq), which emerged through a process of evolution. The five subtle qualities (lataif) which patterned that Creation were: Consciousness (Nafs), Air (Baad), Fire (Nar), Water (Ma), and Earth (Khak).
  • Finally, God created human beings, which combined the "World of God's Command" with the "World of God's Creation".

In this usage, then, there are ten lataif in two categories:

  • five relating to the "World of God's Command" and
  • five relating to the "World of God's Creation".

In contrast, in most Sufi usages outside this cosmological one (including most of this webpage), there are either:

  • five lataif (from the first category alone, the "World of God's Command") or
  • six lataif (the five from the first category . . . plus Nafs from the second category, the "World of God's Creation") .

Nafs (Egoic Self) or latifa

The Nafs in Sufism is considered to be a person's egoic consciousness[33] or egoic "Self", the subtle (latifa) quality of God's Creation that becomes individual and can undergo a spiritual development. This makes it unlike the five lataif of God's Command, which are eternal, unchanging qualities.

This egoic consciousness is said (by Idries Shah, for example[34]) to have seven stages of development, the primitive stages of which are considered to be a "barrier" or "veil" to full realization of the lataif. In most Sufi traditions, accordingly, the progressive refinement of the Nafs through the seven stages is understood to facilitate the realization of the lataif.

In the Naqshbandi tradition, however, it is the reverse: the progressive realization of the lataif is used to facilitate the refinement of the Nafs. This is why the Naqshbandi teaching method is famously known as "where others end, there marks our beginning" (indiraj al-nihayat fi’l-bidayat).[35]

Ruh (Spirit) or latifa

The word "Ruh" is used in Sufism in two different ways, on two different levels:

  • "Ruh", as one of the lataif described in the foregoing
  • "Ruh" (Spirit), as the Divine Spirit or "essence" in human beings, created by God from his own Spirit.[36]

Qalb (Heart) or latifa

The word "Qalb", like "Ruh", is used in Sufism in two different ways, on two different levels:

  • "Qalb", as one of the lataif described in the foregoing
  • "Qalb" (Heart), as the "Organ of Evolution" in human beings, the potential integration of Ruh (the Divine Spirit) and Nafs (the egoic Self).[37]

Sirr (Secret) or latifa

The word "Sirr", like "Ruh" and "Qalb", is also used in Sufism in two different ways, on two different levels:

  • "Sirr", as one of the lataif described in the foregoing
  • "Sirr" (Secret), as a super-conscious state of Qalb (Heart) or Ruh (Spirit) experienced as unity with God.[38]

Hal (State), Maqam (Station), or latifa

In addition to the lataif, some[39][40] Sufi traditions also speak about two other categories of conscious experience that can arise during spiritual practice:

  • "Hal" (State), is a temporary state of consciousness resulting from psychological or spiritual influences acting upon a student. They are considered to be gifts from God that arise in experience and then disappear immediately.
  • "Maqam" (Station or Stage), is one of seven permanent stages of a Sufi's spiritual development/embodiment/transformation achieved by his own effort.

The number seven is used repeatedly in Islam and Sufism to enumerate concepts in various religious and spiritual categories. Sometimes the categories are legitimately inter-related, and sometimes they are not.

For example, Seyyed Hossein Nasr (1933-), an Iranian-American scholar of Sufism, characterizes the Prophets associated with Ala ud-Daula Simnani's seven ontological levels of Sufi cosmology as corresponding to "states" and virtues that a Sufi can achieve.[41] Since those seven levels are understood by Simnani to be lataif, that would imply that the lataif are "states". But there appears to be no consensus agreeing that the category lataif is related to either of the categories Hal ("State") or Maqam ("Station").

Divine Names or lataif

The Divine Names of God in Islam are understood by Sufism to refer (in the great majority of cases) to the relational action, functioning, or appearance of transcendental Divine Attributes/Qualities in immanent, manifest reality.[42]

The lataif, in contrast, while capable of being experienced indirectly through the somatic, emotional, and mental states they pattern in conventional experience, are primarily direct transcendental experiences of Divine Attributes themselves[43] and not of functional relationships between the transcendent and the immanent.

The lataif outside Sufism

In addition to Sufism itself, the lataif are also found in certain spiritual teachings whose founders have been influenced by Sufism.

The Fourth Way

The Fourth Way is an approach to human self-development introduced to Europe in the early 20th century by George Gurdjieff (1867-1949) and his student P.D. Ouspensky (1878-1947).

In this teaching, there are said to be multiple Centers (Fourth Way) within human beings that organise specific functions:

  • Four "lower" centers (the Intellectual, Emotional, Moving, and Instinctive) are understood to operate explicitly in humans from birth.[44]
  • Two "higher" centers (the Higher Emotional and Higher Intellectual) are understood to operate implicitly in humans and can become explicit in those who undergo a spiritual development.[45]

In this teaching, the qualities of the Higher Emotional Center are known as "Positive Emotions".[46]

John G. Bennett (1897-1974), a contemporary student of both Ouspensky and Gurdjieff, researched the sources of Gurdjieff's teaching and concluded that these "Positive Emotions" were identical with the lataif of Sufism.[47]

Nevertheless, specific knowledge and development of the Positive Emotions/lataif are rarely emphasized in schools of the Fourth Way teaching today.

The Diamond Approach

The Diamond Approach is a spiritual teaching developed by Hameed Ali (A. H. Almaas) (1944–) and Faisal Muqaddam (1946-) in the 1970s.

Influenced by Naqshbandi Sufi Idries Shah, this teaching confirms the understanding of five fundamental lataif and then expands it to include dozens of similar human capacities for which the more general term "Essential Aspects" is adopted.[48]

Unlike the Gurdjieff/Ouspensky Fourth Way, the Diamond Approach uses extensive and varied methods for realizing the lataif, within the context of its overall teaching and practice.[49]

History of the lataif

The spiritual experiences identified by Sufism as the lataif have their immediate historical antecedents in the Emanationism of Neoplatonism[50] (3rd century AD), which is known to have influenced the development of Sufism (see: Platonism in Islamic philosophy). The Emanations of Neoplatonism, in turn, arose from the Theory of forms of Plato (4th century BC).

The general concept of spiritual "subtle centers" originated within Persian Sufism: Junayd of Baghdad (835–910), al-Hallaj (858–922)[51], Al-Ghazali (1058–1111), and Shahab al-Din Abu Hafs Umar Suhrawardi (1145–1234).[52]

Persian and Kubrawi Sufi Najm al-Din Razi (1177–1256) proposed five "inner means of perception" (Qalb, Ruh, Sirr, Khafi, and Ikhfa) that parallel the five outer senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. It's unclear to commentators whether these inner senses were already understood as lataif at that time.[53]

The earliest systematic formulation of the lataif is thought to be that of Persian/ Kubrawi Sufi Ala ud-Daula Simnani (1261–1336),[7] who proposed seven lataif, relating them to the seven ontological levels of Sufi cosmology.[54]

From the 17th to 19th centuries, the Indian Mujaddidis, beginning with Ahmad Sirhindi (1564–1624), returned to a standardized interpretation of five experiential lataif and associated their locations with parts of the physical body.[55]

The Punjab tradition within the Naqshbandi in the late 19th and 20th centuries continued with five lataif but identified the experience of their physical locations differently and viewed them as spiritual organs/capacities that also underlie ordinary forms of human consciousness.[10]

It is thought by some[56] that, just as with the nominal 99 Names of God in Islam and their underlying Divine Attributes,[57] the number of lataif and their potential realization by humanity might actually be unlimited.

See also

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