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Being and manifestation

Fixity and determination (thubūt)

الثبوت

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Thubūt (fixity) need not signify sensory existence. It can designate the determination of a possible as considered prior to the question of its outward occurrence.

Distinctions and context

Equating fixity with independent material eternity is a category error. The term has to be read with divine knowledge, possibility, and the modalities of manifestation.

Research question

What is fixed, in what respect, and against which meaning of nonexistence?

Source trail and evidence status

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