Karb (karb)

(Language: Arabic)

Short Description: Tautening, distress

Long Description: Before they are “dilated” in a distinctive mode, the possibilities of manifestation are in a state of “contraction” when considered from the point of view of their later development, though not in their immutable reality. Opposed to tanfīs (dilation, consolation).

Sources: Introduction to Sufi Doctrine (by Titus Burckhardt)