Baqāʾ describes abiding or continued subsistence in contrast with fanāʾ in many spiritual taxonomies. It should not be mistaken for biological immortality.
Distinctions and context
Lexical, scriptural, and technical senses must be distinguished. Whether the contrast is ethical, epistemic, or metaphysical should be decided in the original context.
Research question
Which sense of abiding follows which kind of self-effacement?
Source trail and evidence status
- Secondary dictionary entryالمعجم الصوفي — مدخل 79 ↗
- Discovery catalogue, not a verified witnessمفاهيم ومصطلحات الفتوحات — فهرس سياقي ↗
- Discovery catalogue, not a verified witnessفهرس المخطوطات — بحث مستقل عن الشاهد ↗