baqāʾ
Ṣūfism
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association with fana
rejection by Shaṭṭārīyahs
- In Shaṭṭārīyah
… (“dissolution”) of self and the baqāʾ (“subsistence”) of God. The Shaṭṭārīyah, on the contrary, stress the self, personal deeds, personal attributes that make a person godlike, and personal union with God. They maintain that fana would imply two selves, one that is to be annihilated and another that is to…
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