Fana

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Fana is an Islamic/Sufi term syncretic with Completion Experience.

Syncretic Terms

Completion Experience > Fana, Subtle Centers, Sulūk-i Ṭarīqa

Islamic Terms

Islam > Absolute Essence, Al-Insan al-Kamil, Ascension, Dhat, Drug, Fana, Hadith, Ibn al-'Arabi, Infidelity, Infran, Jadhb, Last Days, Laylat al-Qadr, Mahabbah, Majdhub, Muhammad, Peace be upon them, Quran, Rapture, Right Path, Rtavan, Shariah, Subtle Centers, Sufism, Sulūk-i Ṭarīqa, Tahdhīb al-akhlāq, Taubah, Wajd, Yawm ad-Din

Notes

Fana is experienced/describe as the active annihilation of ignorance, confusion, and disconnection. Fana may be experienced multiple times, each time the seeker comes closer to perfect union.[1]

Fana is the "annihilation (fana) of the self"[2], or rather circumvention of the Bodily Ego

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  1. http://www.almirajsuficentre.org.au/qamus/app/single/303
  2. Tareen, SherAli. “The Conduct of the Sufi Path: Naqshbandī Meditation in Early Modern India.” Journal of the Institute for Sufi Studies 2, no. 2 (2023): 251–62. p. 23.