(Al 'Ayn). The First Determination. The Source Itself.
('Ayn). Eye or source or well.
('Ayn al basirah or 'Ayn al Qalb). The 'inner eye'. Spiritual eyesight. The opening of this 'inner eye' is a mystery and a miracle which can only be brought about through the Infinite Mercy of the All Merciful.
('Ayn al Haqq). Entity of the Real. This is Allah's Being or the Essence Itself.
(Ayn al Kafur). The Fountain of Camphor in Paradise from which the slaves of Allah drink directly. Camphor overwhelms and whoever enters into it becomes totally absorbed and one with the camphor. 'The Fountain of Camphor is the 'place' of annihilatio...
('Ayn mawjuda). The existent entity. The immutable entity ('ayn thabita) and the existent entity ('ayn mawjuda) are the same reality. The latter exists in the cosmos while the former does not. The 'ayn mawjuda is the possible thing after it comes int...
('Ayni Mutlaq). The Absolute Essense or The Hidden of the Hidden.
('Ayn al Tahkim). The Messengers of Allah were commanded to manifest certain miracles but the friends of Allah are commanded to conceal them. Part of the Divine deception which affects the Elect of the Elect lies in Allah bestowing upon them the 'eye...
(Ayn al Wahid). The One Entity. This refers to Being in that all of existence is Its radiance and the existent things are Its properties and effects.
('Ayn al Yaqin). The Eye of Certainty. In the triad of the Knowledge of Certainty the Eye of Certainty the Truth of Certainty, the Eye of Certainty could be likened to actually seeing the light of the flames of a fire, after having merely heard a des...
(Ayyam Allah). The Days of Allah. These are the epiphanies by which Allah reveals His Perfections. Every 'day' He is upon some task. In every indivisible instant there is recreation within each existent.
(Ayyoub). The Prophet Job (Peace be upon him) through whose Word descended the Wisdom of the Unseen (al hikmat al ghaybiyyah).
(Azal). The Eternity-without-Beginning. Independence from creation belongs to the Essence from Eternity-without-Beginning and poverty towards Allah in His Independence belongs to the possible thing in its state of non-existence from Eternity-without...
('Azamah). Grandeur and Tremendousness. This is Allah's Majesty which overwhelms His slaves and fills them with awe.
(Al 'Aziz). The Powerful, The Precious, The Dear. One of the Beautiful Names of Allah.
