What does Al-wjwdya al-ladaʾma mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Al-wjwdya al-ladaʾma (وجودية اللادائمة) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Al-wjwdya al-ladaʾma

Al-wjwdya al-ladaʾma according to Kitab at-Ta'rifat (Al-Jurjani)

It is the general absolute with the restriction of non-permanence, according to essence, and whether it is affirmative or negative, its composition is from two general absolutes, one affirmative and the other negative; because the first part is a general absolute and the second part is non-permanence, and you have known that its concept is a general absolute, and its example both affirmatively and negatively is what preceded in our saying: every human is laughing in actuality not perpetually, and nothing of the human is laughing in actuality not perpetually.

Al-wjwdya al-ladaʾma according to Dustur al-'Ulama (Al-Ahmadnagari)

It is the general absolute restricted by the essential non-permanence pointing to the general absolute, like: every human is laughing in actuality not perpetually, meaning nothing of the human is laughing in actuality.

Al-wjwdya al-ladaʾma according to Maqalid al-'Ulum (As-Suyuti)

That in which it is judged concerning the affirmation of the predicate for the subject, or its negation from it in actuality, without the restriction of non-permanence according to the essence.

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