a thing's intrinsic principle of motion and rest, and the material domain constituted by it
General Technical Meaning
Nature is the intrinsic primary principle of a thing's motion and rest and, more generally, of its intrinsic change and stability.
In ʿAllāmah Ṭabāṭabāʾī’s Works
In al-Manāmāt, the world of nature is the material-natural domain relative to which the imaginal and higher immaterial worlds are described as freer from matter and more perfect in existence.
Source: Risālat al-Manāmāt wa-l-Nubuwwāt
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