Arabic · noun · Spirit & the Divine

Baqa

बक़ा
said ba-QAA
also written: baqa, baqaa, baqa billah
Meaning

Abiding, subsistence in God; the state of renewed being that follows fana in Sufi thought.

Literally: subsistence; abiding; permanence

Usage & notes

The Sufi station of "abiding" that follows fana — the self subsisting in and through God after the passing away of its lower attributes (baqa bi'llah). Iqbal leans on this stage to make his case against pure self-annihilation: what matters is the abiding, fortified individuality that endures and acts. Immortality, for him, is not automatic but is won by the self that has become strong enough to persist.