Category: PhilosophyPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Advanced
بقا
/baqa/Roman
English meaning: Subsistence / Eternal Existence
Urdu Definition
(اردو)بقا صوفی مسلک میں فنا کے بعد کی وہ حالت ہے جس میں سالک اللہ میں باقی رہتا ہے۔
English Definition
In Sufi thought, baqa is the state of eternal subsistence in God that follows fana (annihilation of self). It represents the spiritual station where the mystic lives through and for God alone.
Example
“فنا کے بعد سالک کو بقا کی منزل نصیب ہوتی ہے۔”
In English: “After fana, the seeker attains the station of baqa.”
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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