وَالشَّيْءُ عِنْدَنَا هُوَ الْمَوْجُودُ
In our theological usage, a thing is that which exists.
This is a technical position in a particular debate. Some schools discussed nonexistent but possible entities under the term “thing,” whereas this formulation links shayʾ with existence.
Technical usage must not be confused with all ordinary uses of the English or Urdu word “thing,” which may refer to imagined or absent objects.
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Realities Are Established: Truth, Correspondence and Essence
وَالشَّيْءُ عِنْدَنَا هُوَ الْمَوْجُودُ
In our theological usage, a thing is that which exists.
This is a technical position in a particular debate. Some schools discussed nonexistent but possible entities under the term “thing,” whereas this formulation links shayʾ with existence.
Technical usage must not be confused with all ordinary uses of the English or Urdu word “thing,” which may refer to imagined or absent objects.