In this essay, the idea of self-annihilation(fana), which is discussed as a means of libera tion from various constraints in the Sufism texts,is presented in the context of the practice of libe ration through the works of Mavlana Jalāl-ad-DīnRumi. The self-annihilation means exceeding all physical, spiritual, social, historical and culturalconstraints in Mavlana texts. In this context, themain claim of the article is that the self-annihila tion means nothingness in the sense of going be yond these limitations on one side, and it meansa move of existence that is thrown into absolutefreedom in terms of going beyond the same limi tations on the other. According to Mavlana, exis tence as a process consisting of various liberationmovements is an attempt to exceed of the mea ning, habits, and limits that a person has graduallyimposed in the process of life. The object of thisprocess of being, which must be gone through inorder to be overcome in any way, is to attain no thingness, absence or liberation, one of which isidentical to the other, in the eternal self, whichmeans becoming love. In this process of being,which must be gone through in order to be conqu ered in any way, the aim is to attain nothingness,absence or liberty that becomes apparent in theeternal self, one identical to the other. Trying tofollow this identity through various conceptu al tools and occurrences, the article brings themtogether in the context of both the annihilationof existing and self-annihilation. It argues thatMavlana tries to go beyond the elements that setprinciples and values, such as reason and will, onthe one hand revealing the multiple possibilitiesof existing things, on the other. That is why theessay tries to read this self-annihilation in Mavla na thought not only as nothingness but also as astate of liberty.