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Being and manifestation

Being and existence (wujūd)

الوجود

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Wujūd traverses Ibn al-Arabi’s discussions of God, the world, and knowledge. Rendering it as a single modern metaphysical category can mask the difference between what is ultimately real and what appears in relational forms.

Distinctions and context

Distinguish statements about the Real from statements about the existence of contingent things. The later label “unity of being” has its own reception history and is not a universal title for every argument in the primary corpus.

Research question

What is being said to exist: the Real, a form, a relation, or an act of knowing?

Source trail and evidence status

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