Arabic · noun · Being & Non-Being
Fana-e-Tam
फ़ना-ए-ताम
said fa-NA-e-TAAM
also written: fana-e-tam
Meaning
Complete annihilation; the total passing-away of the self in God, the extreme term of the path of effacement.
Literally: complete annihilation
Usage & notes
Iqbal's quarrel is sharpest with complete self-annihilation as a goal, for he would have the self perfected, not extinguished.
Related words
ARABIC
Fana
Annihilation, passing away; the mystic's extinction of the self in the Beloved, the goal of the Sufi path.
ARABIC
Fana-Fillah
Annihilation of the self in God, the highest stage of self-effacement in Sufi doctrine.
ARABIC
Baqa
Abiding, subsistence in God; the state of renewed being that follows fana in Sufi thought.