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Al-A`yan al-Thabitah fi Fikr Muhy al-Din Ibn Arabi: Qira'ah min Khilal Nususihi (Arabic)
Mohd Rifa`i Mohd Amin1.
The Permanent Archetype (al-a`yān al-thābitah) is one of the important technical terms in Islamic Sufism proposed by the great Muslim Sufi Muḥy al-Dīn ibn `Arabī. He suggests that all possible existence in this world have had its ‘archetype’ at the level of existence prior to the level of creation and external existence, and that God did not created things from absolutely nothing but actually giving existence to this archetype or bringing out this archetype into existence. This is certainly in accordance with God’s Will (al-`Irādah) and Power (al-Qudrah), followed by the divine command of kun, and results the external existence of creation out of its ‘potential’ being or of ‘being’ in God’s Knowledge. This archetype in God’s Knowledge is called the Permanent Archetype (al-a`yān al-thābitah). This notion may be compared and contrasted with the idea of the ‘thing-ness of non-existence’ (shay`iyyat al-ma`dūm) in the Mu`tazilite and the concept of Idea in Plato. This article explains the notion of Permanent Archetype (al-a`yān al-thābitah) in Ibn `Arabī in comparison with those similar ideas if any in the Mu`tazilite and Platonic thought.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Malaysia
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