Al-Ayanu’s Sabitah __socratesPageHistoryEdit Visual Text AL-A'YANU 'S-SABITAH العيان pl. of ayn, in the sense of "the essence" of a thing. The established essences. A term used by the Sufi mystics to express figures emblenatic of the names of God. ('Abdu 'r-Razzaq's Dictionary of Technical Terms of the Sufis, Sprenger's edition.) Based on <a href="https://www.juancole.com/library/dictionary-of-islam-hughes">Hughes, Dictionary of Islam</a> CancelTweetShareRedditEmail