The ʿālam-i kullī (universal world) is the Essence (Dhāt) to which existence (wujūd) is ascribed. 96 ʿālam-i malakūt
All of these consist of mujarrad (immaterial) spirits, mujassam (embodied) lights, luminous (radiant) and dark bodies. The mujarrad spirits are four: the world of the Active Intellect, the world of the Universal Spirit, the world of the Absolute Nafs (nafs, the lower self), and the world of overflowing (emanating) forms.
The mujassam lights are also four: the Majestic Throne (ʿArsh-i Majīd), the Vast Footstool (Kursī-yi Wāsiʿ, meaning the wide footstool), the Exalted Pen (Qalam-i Rafīʿ, meaning the lofty pen), and the Preserved Tablet (Lawḥ-i Maḥfūẓ). The luminous bodies are the seven heavens, and the eighth is the falak-i mukawkab (the starry sphere). According to them, this is the world of the paradises. The dark bodies are nature, fire, air, water, and earth. (Ravza, 137)
ʿālam-i malakūt (the world of intellect; the world of command; the world of the unseen; the world of malakūt)
The world of malakūt and the world of the unseen are hidden from most people... (Mishkāt, 70)
The ʿālam-i malakūt is composed of luminous, noble, and exalted substances from which the angels originate. From these, lights overflow to human spirits. For this reason, they are named with the word arbāb (lords, plural of rabb). Thus, Allah is Rabb al-arbāb (the Lord of lords). The degrees of luminosity among them differ. In this respect, their counterpart in the ʿālam-i shahāda (the world of witnessing) is the sun, the moon, and the stars. (Mishkāt, 72)
The ʿālam-i anwar (world of lights) is that which comes into existence from the Real (al-Ḥaqq) without any intermediary cause. It is used as a synonym for malakūt. (Tstılâh, 539)
The ʿālam-i ʿaql (world of intellect) is divided into two: mahjūb (veiled) and ghayr-i mahjūb (unveiled). The possessors of attributes (ṣāḥib) are those who are veiled. These are the possessors of maqām (spiritual station) in the world of malakūt. The Exalted Allah has said: "Each of us has a known station." (al-Ṣāffāt 37:164)
Those who are not veiled are hidden in the treasuries of the unseen (ghayb), the companions of negation (ashāb al-salb), who are the beloveds of Allah (those who have attained union). Allah has concealed them out of jealousy, so that others may not know them, and they may know only Him. They are at the station which the verifiers (muḥaqqiqūn) call fanāʾ (annihilation in God). (Tadbīrāt, 154)
May Allah have mercy on you and illuminate your insight! Know that the world of malakūt moves the world of shahāda, and as a ḥikma (wisdom) of Allah, it is under His dominion. This is not because it is inherently deserving of it. From the world of shahāda, no stillness, eating, drinking, kalām (speech), or silence arises. These only issue from the world of the unseen... (Tadbīrāt, 170)
The ʿālam-i amr (world of command), ʿālam-i malakūt, and ʿālam-i ghayb (world of the unseen) are the worlds of spirits (arwāḥ) and spiritual beings (rūḥāniyyāt). For these are things that come into existence directly by the command of the Real (al-Ḥaqq), without mediation of matter or time. (Kāshānī, 106; Jāmiʿ, 89)