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Contraction or compression. One of the stages of mystical or spiritual development in Sufism, characterized by feeling of constriction and sadness. Typically seen as a response to the display of the divine attributes of majesty and severity. Contrasted with bast (expansion), a response to divine beauty and gentleness.
See also Bast; Sufism
From: Qabd in The Oxford Dictionary of Islam »
Subjects: Islam.
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