The Language of the Future
Sufi Terminology
by Murshid F.A. Ali ElSenossi
jawhar
Jewel
(Jawhar). A jewel or substance. Jawhar indicates the very essence of a thing. The incorruptible nature of a precious jewel is the symbol for the immutability of the essence.
(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.
