The Language of the Future
Sufi Terminology
by Murshid F.A. Ali ElSenossi

tanfis
Breathe

(Tanfis). To air or to comfort or to cheer up or to relieve or to remove sorrow. And all of this comes to be through the Breathing of Allah.


See also: Breathing
(Tanaffus). This refers specifically to the Divine Breathing, which is synonymous with the Word of Command "Be!" ("Kun!"). Allah's 'breathing out' is His 'sending out' what was in His Interior to the Exterior by means of the Word "Be!". Allah Himself then comes to exist in the Exterior.

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