1.a candle has been litinside me,for whichthe sunis a moth.- Bahauddin Valad2.In sufi literature one of the most loved metaphor is moth and flame. The moth's annihilation into the flame has been drawn again and again as an analogy for the seeker in the sufi path who seeks annihilation into Divine Essence. The sufistic term for the annihilation or passing away into Divine is Fana.In the poem quote at the beginning of this post, from The Drowned Book, Maarif, the genius of Bahauddin Valad...