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Chants of the 99 Names
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al-Bâqî
The Everlasting, The Eternal, The Ever-Enduring, The
Ever-Present The One who has always existed and who will never cease to be. The One whose existence has neither beginning nor end. The One whose existence is beyond the realm of time. The One who existed before all of creation, and who will remain after all of this creation has come and gone. The One who is everlasting, perpetual,
beginning-less, endless. The One whose existence is eternal. The One who remains
forever, unaffected by time. From the root b-q-y which has the following classical Arabic connotations:
The term Bâqî is not specifically used as a Beautiful Name in the Qur'ân. The term Abqâ, also from the b-q-y root, is used in the Qur'ân (20:73) where it is commonly translated as the Most Lasting, Ever Lasting or Most Abiding. The term baqiyyah is used in the Qur'ân (11:116) to describe persons of excellence, those who possess spiritual understanding and inner discrimination, those who possess a quality of attending to that which is eternal. The related term baqâ', which is from the same b-q-y root, is often translated as eternal life. In the state of baqâ' bi-llâh there is a return from the ephemeral to the eternal, a shift from the egocentric to the Divine, where all that remains is the eternal Thou. The return to the Everlasting, the return from one's worldly preoccupation with the ephemeral, the shift away from one's own ego being treated as the center of life, is often called fanâ' which literally means to fade away, dwindle, recede or come to an end. yâ bâqî anta al-bâqî is a powerful wazîfa which can be translated as o' Everlasting One, Thou art The Everlasting One.
(Also written as al-baqi, al-baaqee, al-baaqee, the Ever-Lasting:
ya baqi, ya baaqee, ya baaqee) |
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al-Bâqî