fana
(al-fanā’)
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| Short Description: |
Extinction, evanescence. |
| Long Description: |
In Sufism, a designation for the extinction of individual limitation in the state of union with God. |
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Introduction to Sufi Doctrine (by Titus Burckhardt) |
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See Qur’ān (55:26): “Everything on it (the earth) is transitory (fānī); there remains only the Countenance of thy Lord, the essence of Majesty and of Bounty.” |
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