The Language of the Future
Sufi Terminology
by Murshid F.A. Ali ElSenossi
mumkin
Possible thing
(Mumkin). The possible thing. The mumkin may or may not exist. Its existence in the world depends entirely upon the desire of Allah to bring it out from inward Knowledge within the Essence to outward manifestation within the world.
('Uruj at tarkib).The supra-formal spiritual ascent of composition (which is actually a descent), during which man journeys from inward non-manifestation within the Knowledge of Allah to outward manifestation within the world. Man's Return Journey to Allah is the spiritual ascent of decomposition.
(Ayan al Thabita). The immutable entities or fixed prototypes or established essences or potentialities. These are the infinite and immutable Possibilities which are fixed in the Ipseity. The fixed entities are the images of the Divine Names and Qualities and 'things' of the Ipseity in the Presence of Knowledge, with specific individuation. The term signifies the essential character of every individual existing from eternity in the Divine Knowledge. They are established according to non-existence and they are not qualified by existence.
