Talk:Fana (Sufism)

message: On the relationship between Fanaa and Nirvana:  I remember from my studies of world religion that Zen Buddhists view Nirvana differently than the common Buddhist viewpoint, namely that achieving enlightenment doesn't mean the cessation of self existence, but rather transforming into a more perfect realm of existence where one retains one's physical body but simply has undergone a change in perspective--a mental or psychological transformation that redefines the persons nature internally--externally they look the same.  Kind of difficult to explain, but that sounds just like what this article is saying about Fanaa.
Ben  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.108.69.223 (talk) 15:01, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

message: I suggest that references to "Allah" be changed to God because Allah simply means "the God" in Arabic (contraction of "al Elaah") and is not considered by Sufis to be a particular being outside of God.  Most Westerners mistakenly state that Muslims worship Allah, but that is like saying Persians/Iranians worship Sobhaan (the word for God in Persian).  I don't want to make the change unilaterally and possibly upset people, but it is not a question of faith; it is a question of linguistics. --Smalek 19:07, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grammar & Allah 

message: It seems to me that the Hindu term samadhi is probably closer to Fanaa than Nirvana, since it's a state of merging with God and yet isn't necessarily a permanent union or dissolution. I'm hesitating to change it, since I know more about Hindusim than Sufism, but the description matches what I know about samadhi in Hinduism (better than it matches Nirvana, I'd say). --Snowgrouse (talk) 10:19, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comparison to Nirvana 

message: I've just reverted this article back to before User:Augustana-Kilbride made these edits back in May 2009. This editor's contributions here were basically just a sequence of sentences copy/pasted from the sources.
Unfortunately, once reverting back before that, it seems the previous version was believed to have some copyright issues too. I can't see quite where it was meant to have been copied from, so I'll leave it as is for the moment.
If someone who knows more about the subject than me could re-work the reverted material, it looks good, but far too close to its sources to be acceptable as is.
All the best. –Syncategoremata (talk) 22:49, 5 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright problems 

message: The article was more like a stub article with one paragraph of content and barely 2 references. I have made genuine contribution to the article by adding significant content to improve this concept of the Sufi belief. Every statement is backed by reliable sources. I have made new categories in accordance to the concept. The article now has a shape. Pixarh (talk) 18:56, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expanded Article 

message: I would like to propose moving this article to Fanaa as this is the generally accepted spelling.
Initially, this was the article URL anyway, until in 2006 an editor moved it to Fanaa (Sufism) (and later to Fana (Sufism)) in order to disambig it from a newly made Hindi film Fanaa. However, the film title is secondary to the the fanaa being the subject of this article. Hence, I propose to restore the Sufi meaning to Fanaa and keep the film where it is, i.e., under Fanaa (film). Any comments are welcome. kashmiri TALK 01:40, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed move to ''Fanaa'' 

message: The reference on incarnation is not a Sufi view and not supported by the sources. Rather fana is eradication in God. This is totally different from incarnation. Please don't misrepresent Sufi views. Sheedibroz (talk) 04:38, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Erroneous Reference to Incarnation