Sufi Classics · July 8, 2026

tahannus (Sufism Glossary)

Tahannus is the state in which, due to an excess of modesty, a person becomes ashamed in the state of qabḍ (constriction) by distancing himself from his own ḥāl (spiritual state) through words and actions. (Mizān, 77)

Tahannus is the state in which, due to an excess of modesty, a person becomes ashamed in the state of qabḍ (constriction) by distancing himself from his own ḥāl (spiritual state) through words and actions. (Mizān, 77)