The Holiest Emanation (Al Faydh Al Aqdas) is an unseen reality; this unseen reality manifests itself (zuhoor) in the form of the Divine Names & Attributes (Asma wa Sifat) at the level or station of attributive unity (wahdaniyat); in other words this unseen reality reflects or discloses itself in the mirrors of the Divine Names & Attributes; now the mirror and the reflection therein are indistinguishable and inseparable from one another, therefore the Divine Names & Attributes act as manifestations (mazahir) of the Holiest Emanation (Al Faydh Al Aqdas) at the station of attributive unity (wahdaniyat), but in reality they are the Holiest Emanation (Al Faydh Al Aqdas) in an entified (ta’yyun) form. Similarly the Divine Names & Attributes manifest (zuhoor) themselves in the form of The Immutable Source Forms (al a’yan al thabita) at the level or station of The Primal Entifications; the Divine Names & Attributes reflect or disclose themselves in the mirrors of the Immutable Source Forms, therefore the source forms act as manifestations (mazahir) of the Divine Names & Attributes in the Realm of Intellects, but in reality the immutable source forms are the Divine Names & Attributes in an entified (ta’yyun) form. To simplify things it can briefly be stated that the Divine Names & Attributes are the entified forms of the Holiest Emanation, and the immutable source forms are the entified forms of the Divine Names & Attributes. It is exactly because of this reason that the first immutable source form namely the Muhammadan Reality is not only the manifestation of The Greatest And All Comprehensive Divine Name’Allah but is also itself The Greatest And All Comprehensive Divine Name in an entified form, and hence the statement of the Imam (as) “ نَحْنُ أَسْمَاءٌ الْحُسْنَىٰ ”, translation “We are the Most Beautiful Names of God”. Just as the first immutable source form namely the Muhammadan Reality is the entification or entified form of The Greatest And All Comprehensive Divine Name’Allah, similarly all the several immutable source forms that emanate from the Muhammadan Reality are entifications or entified forms of a specific Divine Name & Attribute; but the Divine Names & Attributes are sub-divided into The Names & Attributes of Beauty (Asma wa Sifat al Jamaliya) and The Names & Attributes of Glory (Asma wa Sifat al Jalaliya); therefore the immutable source forms that emanate from the Muhammadan Reality some are entifications or entified forms of The Names & Attributes of Beauty (Asma wa Sifat al Jamaliya) and some others are entifications or entified forms of The Names & Attributes of Glory (Asma wa Sifat al Jalaliya). Now everything that exists in the lower worlds is a particular reflection or manifestation of either an immutable source form which is an entification or entified form of The Names & Attributes of Beauty, or it is a manifestation of an immutable source form which is an entification or entified form of The Names & Attributes of Glory; so for instance the beasts of prey such as a lion, a tiger and a wolf and also existents such as fire and lightning are particular manifestations of the immutable source forms that are entifications or entified forms of The Names & Attributes of Glory (Asma wa Sifat al Jalaliya) whereas all beautiful existents, human or otherwise, animate or inanimate are particular manifestations of the immutable source forms that are entifications or entified forms of The Names & Attributes of Beauty (Asma wa Sifat al Jamaliya).
All realities endure or continue in existence or subsistence due to the Endurance (Qayyumiyat) of the Immutable Source Form of the Perfect Man (insan al kamil) namely the Muhammadan Reality which in its turn endures due to Divine Endurance as is stated in the Quran “ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ”, translation “Allah – there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of [all] existence” (Sura Al-Baqra,verse#255). The outer aspect of this Muhammadan Reality is known as Prophecy (nubuwwat wa risalat) and the inner aspect of it is called Divine Vicegerency & Authority (khilafa wa wilaya).