ayn (pl. ‘ayan)
(al-‘aī n [pl. al-a‘yān])
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‘ayn, 'ayn |
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Essence, first determination, eye, spring. |
| Long Description: |
al-‘ayn ath-thābitah, or sometimes simply al-‘ayn, is the immutable essence, the archetype or the principial possibility of a being or thing |
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Introduction to Sufi Doctrine (by Titus Burckhardt) |
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