sevād-i wach fi'l-dārayn

Sevād-i wach fi'l-dārayn (blackening of the face in both abodes) refers, in Sufism (taṣawwuf), to the complete fanāʾ (annihilation in God) of the sālik (spiritual traveler) in such a way that no trace of his existence remains, both outwardly and inwardly, in the world (dunyā) and the hereafter. This is also called faqr-i ḥaqīqī (true poverty) or rujūʿ ilā l-ʿadam al-aṣlī (return to original nonexistence). For this reason, it is said: "When faqr (poverty) is perfected, it is for Allah." Allah is al-Hādī (the Guide). (Kāshānī, 104; Jāmī, 86)