Category: PhilosophyPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Advanced
فنا
/fana/Roman
English meaning: Annihilation of Self / Fana
Urdu Definition
(اردو)فنا صوفی اصطلاح ہے جس کا مطلب ہے ذاتِ حق میں اپنی انا کو مٹا دینا۔
English Definition
A Sufi concept meaning the dissolution of the ego-self in union with the Divine. Fana is considered the highest spiritual station in Sufism, leading to eternal existence (baqa) in God.
Example
“فنا فی اللہ صوفیانہ سفر کی آخری منزل ہے۔”
In English: “Fana fi-Allah is the final destination of the Sufi spiritual journey.”
Literary Heritage
“ہے کہاں تمنا کا دوسرا قدم یا رب، ہم نے دشتِ امکاں کو ایک نقشِ پا پایا۔”
/Hai kahāṃ tamannā kā dūsrā qadam yā rabb, ham ne daśt-e-imkāṃ ko ek naqś-e-pā pāyā./
“Where is desire's second step, O Lord? The vast plain of possibility holds but one footprint.”
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