baqa
Baqa is an Arabic and Islamic term meaning permanence or subsistence, particularly the eternal existence that remains after the ego has been annihilated.
In Sufi mysticism, baqa follows fana (self-annihilation)—the soul, having dissolved its individual identity, now abides in God.
The concept appears in Islamic philosophy and theology to describe divine permanence contrasted with worldly impermanence.
- tawhidIslamic doctrine of oneness
- permanenceQuality of lasting indefinitely
- eternityBoundless temporal existence
- remainingStill present after removal
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
transcendence · abiding · continuity · Arabic · immutability · divine names · ontology · mysticism · infinity · sufi · metaphysics · timelessness · being · lasting · spiritual · tariqa · essence · immortality
baqafana
Ego's dissolution in God
annihilation · self-annihilation · perishing · extinction · ego death
baqaimpermanence
Quality of not lasting
transience · ephemerality · temporariness · fleetingness · mutability