al-mutaqabilan bi’l-’ijab wa’l-salb Two terms in relation of...

al-mutaqabilan bi’l-’ijab wa’l-salb Two terms in relation of affirmation and negation like A and not-A or existence and non-existence; see naqidan and also taqabul fi’l-salb wa’l-’ijab. al-mutaqabilan bi’l-‘adm wa’l-milkah Two terms; one positive and the privative, like motion and rest, knowledge and ignorance, or vision and blindness -to be distinguished from two contrary terms (diddan, q.v.) like bitter and sweet or black and white.

In the latter case it is necessary to presuppose the separate existence of two things, i.e. bitterness and sweetness or blackness and whiteness, but no such presupposition is necessary in the case of the former, for rest is merely the non-existence of motion, ignorance that of knowledge and blindness of vision. See also taqabul bain al-’adm wa’l-milkah. mutawatirat Transmitted data or premises, i.e. the propositions to which the continuous testimony of other people causes our assent. mata Lit.

"When?", but technically the category of time as one of the ten Aristotelian categories (al-maqulat al-‘ashr, q.v.). It refers to the relation of a thing to time (zaman, q.v.), i.e. to past, present and future or to yesterday, today and tomorrow. al-muthul al-Aflatuniyah The Platonic Ideals or forms: the universals which according to Plato (Aflatun, q.v.) are eternally real as opposed to the transitory and relatively unreal objects of sense-perception.

The Ideas are also ideals as patterns of existence and as objects of human yearning (Eros) for higher values. See also al-’a‘yan al-thabitah. mujanasah Relation of similarity between two or more objects or individuals belonging to the same genus (jins, q.v.), e.g. the relation between man horse subsumed under the genus "animal". See also ’ittihad fi’l-jins. mujarrabat The data or premises to which the sense-experience in association with deductive reasoning causes our assent.

al-Majisti The title of the Arabic translation of Ptolemy’s (Batlamiyus, q.v.) notable work on astronomy: Meagle Syntaxis (the Grand Composition), now known as Almgest from al-Majisti. The first known Arabic translation was made by al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ibn Matar in 214/829-30, which followed by a number of other translations. See also Batlamiyus (al-Qaludhi). mahsusat Percepts, i.e. objects cognised through the outer senses (al-hawas al-zahirah, q.v.). See also al-quwwat al-mudrikah.