Annihilation " Fana" and Unity " Wahdat" in the Works of Rumi and Ibn-Faridh

Ibn-Faridh was one of the greatest poets of Sufi poetry in Arabic literature. Rumi، on the other hand، has always been the leading lord of love and mysticism in Persian literature. Rumi and Ibn-Faridh both believe that annihilation would culminate in unity، and they both seek divine union through annihilation. Both assert that، in order to obtain union، the spiritual seeker must first separate themselves from their physical beings، and must then be immersed in the Beloved so that there is nothing left of their own egos. Passing through such a stage، the mystic seeker will find his Eternal Beloved in a union of love. The great importance of this subject and the similarities between the beliefs of Rumi and Ibn-Faridh demands a thorough investigationofthe notions of annihilation in God (Fana)، and total integration in God (baqa).