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Tajallī

Self-disclosure: God’s manifestation of himself in the forms of the world and in the heart.

Also: Tajalli, theophany

Sufism and Islamic thought

Tajallī, theophany or self-manifestation, is a central term of Ibn ʿArabī. God, the hidden treasure, discloses himself in the forms of creation, never repeating a disclosure. The gnostic sees God’s face in every form, as the Qurʾān says that wherever one turns, there is the face of God.