The Laṭāʾif (Arabic: اللطائف) are special organs of perception and psycho-physiological functioning in Sufi spirituality. Depending on context, the laṭāʾif (plural) are also understood to be the experiential qualities or forms of those perceptions and functions.

The Arabic word laṭīfa (singular) means “subtlety” and the phrase laṭā’if-e-sitta means “six subtleties” (although the number of laṭāʾif can differ depending on the specific Sufi tradition).

The laṭāʾif are viewed as components of Man's spiritual “Organ of Evolution”, known as Qalb (Heart) (See "Disambiguation: Qalb (Heart) or Qalb (laṭīfa)").

The integration of the laṭāʾif into Qalb is considered by some Sufi orders -- especially the Naqshbandi -- to be a central part of the comprehensive spiritual development that produces the Sufi ideal of a Complete Human Being (Al-Insān al-Kāmil).

Not all Sufi orders teach about the laṭā’if. Of those which do, descriptions and understandings can differ depending on the specific Sufi lineage and exponent representing it.

In addition, individual Sufi teachers (see Sheikh (Sufism)) sometimes understand aspects of laṭā’if theory and practice according to how the laṭāʾif have been uniquely revealed to them.

In general, there are at least three major historical understandings of the laṭāʾif:

According to the view of the Kubrawi Order there are seven laṭā’if. They are understood cosmologically as “descending” levels through which reality is created and structured.