Investigating the Concept of “Fixed Entities” (Aʿyān Thābitah) in Ibn ʿArabī’s Theoretical Mysticism and Its Reflection in the Thought of Allameh Tabataba’i and Imam Khomeini (with Emphasis on the Issues of Annihilation and Divine Knowledge)
Fixed Entities (Aʿyān Thābitah), or the immutable realities of contingent beings, constitute one of the fundamental concepts of Ibn ʿArabī’s theoretical mysticism. This doctrine plays a pivotal role in explaining the relationship between unity and multiplicity, the nature of divine knowledge prior to creation, and the...