 Instauration (ibdāʿ) [signifies that] from the thing [is derived] existence for [something] other than it, which depends on it alone, without an intermediary [such as] matter, or an instrument or a time. On the contrary, what is preceded by a temporal non-existence does not do without an intermediary. Instauration is of a higher rank than generation (takwīn) and than bringing [the thing] into being in time (iḥdāt).