The aʿyān thābita are the fixed essences of all things as they exist eternally in God’s knowledge, before and without coming into being. Each creature is the manifestation of its archetype, receiving existence according to its capacity. The concept is central to Ibn ʿArabī’s metaphysics.
Aʿyān thābita
The immutable entities: in Ibn ʿArabī, the eternal archetypes of things in God’s knowledge.
Also: immutable entities