Annihilation Before the Divine Will (Fana)
In Sufism, the pinnacle of spiritual evolution is when a servant completely abandons their limited will, selfish desires, and objections, demonstrating complete submission (acceptance) before Allah’s decrees. Geylani (q.s.) expresses this state of absolute submission with the unparalleled analogy: “The infant in its mother’s arms, the corpse in the washerman’s hands, a stone at the end of a sling – all are alike.” A dead body has no right to object, resist, or say, "Why are you turning me to the right?" Similarly, the perfect believer, when faced with illness, poverty, pain, or joy, silently and without objection submits to Allah’s decree like that "dead" person.
The Tranquility in the Hand of the Fate-Washer
Those who surrender their will to Allah are “turned from right to left by the Fate-washer.” The servant who reaches this exalted station (the Station of Acceptance) finds immense tranquility even amidst storms and calamities. Whoever makes themselves "the dead in the washer’s hands" finds that immortal life (Bekābillah); they are safe from their own evil, becoming “a vessel of goodness, a source of joy and happiness, a light of safety and tranquility.” Conversely, the person who does not relinquish their illusory power and fights against fate only increases their worldly fatigue and the torment of the afterlife.