What does Al-abd mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Al-abd (أبد) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Al-abd

Al-abd according to Kitab at-Ta'rifat (Al-Jurjani)

It is the continuation of existence through endless measured durations on the side of the future, just as azal is the continuation of existence through endless measured durations on the side of the past.

Al-abd according to Kitab at-Ta'rifat (Al-Jurjani)

A duration whose end cannot be conceived at all by thought and reflection.

Al-abd according to Kitab at-Ta'rifat (Al-Jurjani)

It is the thing that has no end.

Al-abd according to Dustur al-'Ulama (Al-Ahmadnagari)

It is the limitless time on the side of the future. It has been said: the continuation of existence in endless measured durations on the side of the future, just as azal is the continuation of existence in endless measured durations on the side of the past.

Al-abd according to At-Tawqif (Al-Munawi)

The continuation of existence in endless measured durations in the future, just as azal is the continuation of existence in endless measured durations in the past; al-Raghib expressed it (Al-mufradat, p. 8) as the duration of extended time that does not divide as time divides; and 'abada al-shay' abadan (he made a thing everlasting) expresses what remains a long time.

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