Shaṭaḥāt are paradoxical sayings uttered by Sufis in states of rapture, such as Abū Yazīd’s “Glory be to me” or Ḥallāj’s “I am the Truth”. Sober Sufis defended them as the words of God speaking through an annihilated self, while warning against imitating them.
Shaṭḥ
Ecstatic utterance: a seemingly blasphemous saying spoken in the intoxication of union.
Also: Shath, shatahat