Sudden transition
(الاِلْتِفَات)
من موسوعة المصطلحات الإسلامية
المعنى الاصطلاحي
Turning one’s face and/or body to the right or the left.
الشرح المختصر
"Iltifāt" (turning) is to turn the direction of the face and/or the body to the right or the left. "Iltifāt" is of two types: 1- "Iltifāt" with the face only without the rest of the body. 2. "Iltifāt" with both the face and the body.
التعريف اللغوي المختصر
"Iltifāt": turning to the left or the right. Derived from "laft", which means diversion of something.
التعريف
To change one’s expression from the mode of the third person to that of the second or first person, or the reverse.