البقاء استمرار الوجود وعدم زواله
Persistence is the continuation of existence without ceasing.
Two different questions arise: Does something exist at a later time as it did before? and Is there, over and above existence, an additional ontological entity called persistence? The first concerns the continued existence of a thing; the second is a metaphysical disagreement.
Some theologians discuss persistence as an additional attribute, while others ask how an additional entity of that sort could subsist. Confusing these questions obscures the difference between divine eternity and the temporary continued existence of created things.