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Latifa-e-Qalbi

लतीफ़ा-ए-क़ल्बी
said la-TEE-fa-e-QAL-bee
also written: latifa-e-qalb
Meaning

The 'heart' subtle centre; the latifa of the qalb, first of the subtle centres awakened by remembrance.

Literally: the subtle centre of the heart

See it in the verse

Latifa-e-Qalbi in Iqbal’s couplets

Qalb o nazar ki zindagi dasht mein subh ka samaan
Chashma-e-aftab se nuur ki naddiyan ravaan
The life of the heart and the eye is like daybreak in the desert; from the spring of the sun, rivers of light flow out.
Awakening · Hope · Self-Knowledge
Related words
ARABIC

Latifa

A subtle spiritual centre within the human being activated through Sufi practice.

ARABIC

Qalb

Heart (the Arabic word; often the spiritual heart).

ARABIC

Lataif-e-Sitta

The 'six subtleties'; the six subtle spiritual centres of the human being purified in stages on the Sufi path.

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