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اَللَّطِيف
al-Laṭīf
The Subtle and Kind
His gentleness acts where no one suspects it.
The tongue
From l-ṭ-f; luṭf unites two senses: fineness (that which is imperceptible) and kindness (that which softens itself in order to reach).
The reason
His knowledge penetrates to the most deeply buried secrets, and His action insinuates itself into things with a delicacy that crushes nothing.
The Sufi meaning
Al-Laṭīf is the Name of the invisible graces: those coincidences that save, those words that arrive just in time, those consolations that come without a sound. Often you recognise their work only afterward.
The servant's portion
Be gentle in your manners, fine in your attentions; enter another's life without trampling it.