Living in Consciousness of GodFascinating, I thought, the Muslim strives to totally negate himself or herself before God, and then comes a truly humble state which reveals baqa, the preservation of the person. "So," he waited for me to return from my thoughts, "the exalted state of fana, along with its marvelous sense of freedom, spiritual attunement, and well being is not the goal because it does not represent complete submission of oneself to God. Fana is a state leading to the highest state of baqa. When the believer is totally living under the presence of God, then one is preserved by God and lives under the consciousness of God. This is the highest state of knowledge: ma-rarifa. Ma-rarifa means knowledge, or highest consciousness. This state of baqa is not consciousness in any abstract sense. It is the consciousness of God." |
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