If the station of fanāʾ is understood as “fanāʾ fī Allāh,” the term becomes entirely polytheistic in implication, since God is regarded as a vessel and that which perishes as something contained within it and made nonexistent there. The Essence of the One is exalted above being a vessel or a thing contained in one. Rather, the One without equal is the Creator of vessels, capacity and all that they contain.
Even if a person sees himself as no more than a particle or speck before the Essence of the “Sole, Self-Subsisting One,” he is still mistaken: he assigns himself a measure as small as a speck, and his Creator a measure without limit. This is a wholly polytheistic comparison, for He is the One who determines measure; He admits of no measure and can in no way be compared with His servants.
In light of the noble verses:
الرحمن : 26 كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْها فانٍ
الرحمن : 27 وَ يَبْقى وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو الْجَلالِ وَ الْإِكْرامِ
the existence of all beings will pass away and come to an end. Just as the Creator brought them into being, He will render them nonexistent. This passing away is neither in God nor upon God; it is neither “in” nor “upon.” Only the Face of God will remain.
The station of the Face of God is the station of “abiding by God’s permission.” Abiding itself, too, is among the works of the Ever-Abiding. The abiding of the Ever-Abiding is beyond description, and He is far above being described by the attribute of “abiding.” He has simply given us an understanding of abiding so that, before the Lord’s indescribable Essence, we do not fall into the error of تعطيل. Just as He is “supreme in majesty,” He is the abiding One in respect of abiding. He wills, and abiding remains through His own everlastingness.
The Essence of the One accepts neither states nor conditions. His Oneness is the same before and after creation.
From one perspective, at the station of tafwīḍ, the servant relinquishes all his own authority, and his will is absorbed into the Will of the Real. The divine Will, too, is one of the divine acts.
The true station of tafwīḍ is to attain complete severance from all other than God and turn wholly toward Him. In reality, this means understanding that absolute Will belongs to Him alone.
إلَهِي هَبْ لِي كَمَالَ الِانْقِطَاعِ إِلَيْكَ وَ أَنِرْ أَبْصَارَ قُلُوبِنَا بِضِيَاءِ نَظَرِهَا إِلَيْكَ حَتَّى تَخِرَقَ أَبْصَارُ الْقُلُوبِ حُجُبَ النُّورِ فَتَصِلَ إِلَى مَعْدِنِ الْعَظَمَةِ وَ تَصِيرَ أَرْوَاحُنَا مُعَلَّقَةً بِعِزِّ قُدْسِك
It is also an interpretation of the noble verse “إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَ إِنَّا إِلَيْهِ راجِعُون”.
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