Humanity is not destroyed from men any more than blackness is destroyed from that which is black or whiteness from that which is white but that inbor… - Abu Nasr as-Sarraj

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Humanity is not destroyed from men any more than blackness is destroyed from that which is black or whiteness from that which is white but that inborn qualities of humanity are converted and transformed by the all-powerful Light that is shed upon them from the Divine Realities. Those who inculcate the doctrine of Fana' mean the obliteration of one's own deeds and works of devotion through the continuance of regarding God as the doer of those deeds on behalf of His devotee.

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About Abu Nasr as-Sarraj

Abū Naṣr ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlī al-Sarrāj (d. 988) was a Sunni sheikh and ascetic. He traveled widely in the Islamic world, having lived in cities as diverse as Cairo, Tabriz, Ramla, Baghdad, Damascus, Basra, and Nishapur. He is best known for his seminal Kitāb al-luma (Book of Light), which is considered an encyclopedia of the history of early Sufism.

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Alternative Names: Abū Nasr as-Sarrādsch
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