Their mistake arises from confusion between the properties...

Their mistake arises from confusion between the properties of mental concepts and external objects, on the one hand, and from conflating the relation of essence with the reality of existence and the relation of essence with the mental concept of existence. Another opposing view is that the concept of existence has two meanings: one pertains to the Necessary Existent and the other to contingent existents.

This wrong position also stems from confusing the properties of concepts with those of external objects. The difference between the existence of the Necessary [ wajib ] Existent and that of contingent [ mumkin ] existents is not ideal…