About Fana' - Annihilation
"This state of love is the state of many people that are
from the people of Love to Allah 'azza wa jall, they are the
people of the love of Allah and the People of the Will (al-Irada)
of Allah (it is typical of many of the people that love God and
seek Him.) Because that person has vanished in his lover, in
Allah 'azza wa jall--through the intensity of the love, because
He vanished in Allah's love, not his own ego's love. And he will
recall Allah, not recalling himself, remember Allah not
remembering himself, visualizing Allah [yastashhid], not
visualizing himself, existing in Allah, not in the existence of
himself. When he reaches that stage, he no longer feels his own
existence. And that is why he says in this state, "Ana al-Haqq"
(I am the Truth), or "Subhanee. (Glory to Me!)" and he will
say "maa fil jubba ill-Allah" (there is nothing in this cloak
except Allah), because he is drunk in the love of God and this is
a pleasure and happiness that he cannot control."*
"there is a story of two men who were so respectful and loved
each other very much. One of them fell in the water [of the sea]
and immediately the other threw himself behind him. Then the
first one, who was sinking asked, "what made you throw yourself
here?" He said,"I vanished in you. and when I vanished in you
I thought you were me and I was you." *
