many orthodox Muslims. Similar to other Sufi doctrines, Fana is based on first-party Islamic teachings. Specifically, the Quran says: "All things in creation...

Islamic schools and branches have different understandings of Islam. There are many different sects or denominations, schools of Islamic jurisprudence...

ibn Qayyim, he rejects the doctrine of fanāʾ al-nār.: 284  He interpretes a hadith that there are 73 three Islamic sects from which only one is saved in...

(according to scholars Jane Smith and Yvonne Haddad), al-Ṣūr—"The Trumpet"; fanāʾ—the "extinction of all save God". al-ḥashr "means the specific gathering...

a mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic purification, spirituality, ritualism, and asceticism...

referred to as fanāʾ al-nār. Thomassen writes that "several types of concerns" weigh "against the idea of an eternal hell in Islamic thought": belief...

Islam is the most practiced religion in Turkey. Most Turkish Sunni Muslims belong to the Hanafi school of jurisprudence. The established presence of Islam...

romanized: tawḥīd, lit. 'oneness [of God]') is the concept of monotheism in Islam. Tawhid is the religion's central and single most important concept, upon...

The goal of the Sufi path is to achieve unification of the self with God (fanāʾ). The concept is often described in Sufi allegories as the self mirroring...

brought into Islam. A person who tries to interpret Islam through rationalist philosophy was called a faylasuf (فيلسوف), "philosopher". Fanā' (فناء) Sufi...

forced to apologise after describing one such celebration by player Karim Ait-Fana for French side Montpellier against Schalke in the Champions League as "eating...

political parties espousing Islamic identity or political Islam in various approaches under the system of Islamic democracy. Islamic democracy refers to a political...

incorporating some traditions from Tengrism. Differing from Sunni Islam and Usuli Twelver Shia Islam, Alevis have no binding religious dogmas, and teachings are...

Islam New York: St. Martins Press. ISBN 186064760X. p. 90. Gleave, Robert (2011). Islam and literalism: Literal meaning and interpretation in Islamic...

Dervish, Darvesh, or Darwīsh (from Persian: درویش, romanized: Darvīsh) in Islam can refer broadly to members of a Sufi fraternity (tariqah), or more narrowly...

Nūr (Arabic: النور) is a term in Islamic context referring to the "cold light of the night" or "heatless light" i.e. the light of the moon. This light...

poor, belief in human brotherhood, the oneness of God, and the concept of Fana. David Hardiman notes that Gandhi's garb was similar that of Sufi pirs and...

record label YAL Records, Lateef owned Fana Music, a music publishing company. He published his own work through Fana, including Yusef Lateef's Flute Book...

literally 'marvels of the friends [of God]')" has been a part of Sufi Sunni Islam. This is evident from the fact that an acceptance of the miracles wrought...

The Monastery of Saint Fana is a Coptic Orthodox monastery. It is named after Saint Fana, also known as Bane (c. 354–395), Coptic Christian hermit. The...

(ikhlas), and contemplation (muraqaba) respectively; contemplation produces fana. Junayd spend 40 years in his mystic course praying while sacrificing his...

capital of the Ottoman Empire. Sunni Islam was the official religion of the Ottoman Empire. The highest position in Islam, caliphate, was claimed by the sultan...

reverence for five pirs Newby, Gordon (2002). A Concise Encyclopedia of Islam (1st ed.). Oxford: One World. p. 173. ISBN 1-85168-295-3. Renard, John (2009)...

is "selfless expression"-an experience of "fanaa". Fanaa (Arabic: فناء‎ fanāʾ ) in Sufism is the "passing away" or "annihilation" of the self. Sema is...

the doctrines of Islamic Eschatology as it has become mostly accepted in Salafi circles. He rejects the "annihilation of hell" (fanāʾ al-nār).: 284  In...

Unlike other Sufis, the Shattariyya do not subscribe to the concept of fana (annihilation of the ego). "With the sect of Shattaris, the Salik (seeker...

an important concept in the Islamic tradition, especially within Sufism and the discipline of gnosis (irfan) in Shia Islam. The word "nafs" is derived...

numerous books on Islam, Sufism and political theory. Born in Scotland, he was a playwright and actor before he converted to Islam in 1967 with the Imam...

to Imam Mahdi. Notably, Noorbakhshia stands out among Sufi orders within Islam for its foundational principles deeply rooted in the teachings of the Aima...

Gnostics"), Bisṭāmī is considered to be one of the expositors of the state of fanā, the notion of dying in mystical union with Allah. Bastami was famous for...