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Tag: "Dying to self (fanaa) and living in God (baqaa)"

tag name: Dying to self (fanaa) and living in God (baqaa) type: Religions, Middle Eastern
web link: bahai-library.com/tags/Dying_to_self_(fanaa)_and_living_in_God_(baqaa)
variations or
mis-spellings:
self annihilation
related tags: Self; Sufism
referring tags: True poverty and absolute nothingness
Inventory subject: Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice
references: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fana_(Sufism); en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baqaa; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Die live

"Dying to self (fanaa) and living in God (baqaa)" has been tagged in:

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  1. 2023-12. Literary Imitation in Three Poems Attributed to Tahirih Qurrat al-ʿAyn. Sahba Shayani. — The poetry of Tahirih has largely been ignored by historians, partly from politico-religious intoler...
  2. 2018/2025. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks. Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. . — 216 selections, last updated 2025.
  3. 2017-09-18. Verge of the New, The: A Series of Talks. Steven Phelps. — Introducing a way of looking at the past and future of religion in the context of the scientific rev...
  4. 2014. Death of Death, The: A Study of Self-Annihilation and Suicide in the Light of Sufi Thought and Bahá'u'lláh's Early Texts. Bernardo Bortolin Kerr. — On theories of suicide in the field of conventional psychology and the writings of Baha'u'llah.
  5. 2002. Tablet to Ismael on Annihilation in God (Lawh-i-Ismael). Abdu'l-Bahá, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. . — Short mention of fana', the mystical annihilation of the self, "which is none other than being a tot...
  6. 1999-01. How to get out of it: Faná' and baqá' in the Early Writings of Baha'u'llah. Alison Marshall. — Annihilation and the self in the Hidden Words and the Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys.
  7. 1997. Absolute Poverty and Utter Nothingness. Rodney H. Clarken. — Baha’u’llah’s ideas of poverty as detachment, and nothingness as selflessness. Cites some comm...
  8. 1982-2023. Encyclopaedia Iranica: Selected articles related to Persian culture, religion, philosophy and history. Encyclopaedia Iranica. — Sorted, categorized collection of links to over 170 articles.
 
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