Sufi Classics · July 8, 2026

fath-i qarib (Sufi Terminology)

That which is opened to the servant as he traverses the stations of the nafs (the lower self), from the maqām (spiritual station) of the qalb (the heart), and is of the kind of manifestation of (God's) attributes and …

That which is opened to the servant as he traverses the stations of the nafs (the lower self), from the maqām (spiritual station) of the qalb (the heart), and is of the kind of manifestation of (God's) attributes and perfections. This is alluded to in the following verse: "Help from Allah and a near victory" (al-Saff 61:13). (Kāshānī, 135; Jāmiʿ, 91)