Persian · noun · Spirit & the Divine
Pas-anfas
पास-अनफ़ास
said PAAS-an-FAAS
also written: pas-e-anfas
Meaning
The 'guarding of the breath'; the contemplative discipline of remembering God with each inhalation and exhalation.
Literally: watching the breaths
See it in the verse
Pas-anfas in Iqbal’s couplets
Khirad ke paas khabar ke siwa kuchh aur nahin
Tera ilaj nazar ke siwa kuchh aur nahin
Tera ilaj nazar ke siwa kuchh aur nahin
Reason has nothing to offer but information; your cure lies in nothing but vision.
Self-Knowledge · Awakening
Khirad ke pas khabar ke siwa kuchh aur nahin
Tera ilaj nazar ke siwa kuchh aur nahin
Tera ilaj nazar ke siwa kuchh aur nahin
Reason holds nothing but information; your true cure is nothing but vision.
Self-Knowledge · Awakening
Related words
PERSIAN
Hush-dar-Dam
'Awareness in the breath' — the Naqshbandi practice of keeping conscious remembrance of God with every breath.
ARABIC
Zikr
Remembrance of God through the repetition of His names or sacred formulas, aloud or silently.
ARABIC
Muraqaba
Sufi meditation, the watchful contemplative vigilance of the heart in the awareness of God.