Sufi Classics · July 8, 2026

taqiyya (Sufism Glossary)

Just as the Kaʿba is the sanctuary (ḥaram) of Mecca, so too is taqiyya the sanctuary (ḥaram) of the muʾmin (believer). One group has said: Taqiyya is a light (nūr) in the qalb (the heart) that distinguishes truth from …

Just as the Kaʿba is the sanctuary (ḥaram) of Mecca, so too is taqiyya the sanctuary (ḥaram) of the muʾmin (believer). One group has said: Taqiyya is a light (nūr) in the qalb (the heart) that distinguishes truth from falsehood. According to Sahl, Junayd, Ḥāris (al-Muḥāsibī), and Abū Saʿīd (al-Ḥarrāz), taqiyya is for a person's inner and outer selves to be the same. (Lumaʿ, 303)