kihāna (soothsaying) — siḥr turns on invocation and adjuration; kihāna on information reaching a person by report from the jinn.
General Technical Meaning
In this technical classification, siḥr is a human soul's effect upon the elemental world without celestial assistance, distinguished from talismanic operation with such assistance.
In ʿAllāmah Ṭabāṭabāʾī’s Works
In the reviewed al-Manāmāt analysis, ʿAllāmah Ṭabāṭabāʾī characterizes siḥr as extraordinary effects pursued by an evil inner path, whether through the soul alone or with material aid. It includes manipulation of other persons' imaginations as ‘magic of the eyes’ and a range of external effects; it is not a miracle or a karāma.
Source: Risālat al-Manāmāt wa-l-Nubuwwāt
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