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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Dictionary of Islamic Philosophical Terms Waw al-wajib al-wujud Necessary Being, i.e. that which exists by itself or that which cannot but exist, for non-existence of it is unthinkable; an expression used by philosophers for God. See also mahiyah and al-mumkin al-wujud.

"Being the most significant entity in the metaphysical system of ibn Sina" al-wahid bi’l-ittisal Unity through contiguity like the unity of any material body which is considered one thing: the parts therein are so closely conjoined with one another that they together make one single body in actuality (bi’l-fi’l) even though that body can be resolved into a multiplicity of parts in potentiality (bi’l-quwwah).

al-wahid bi’l-irtibat Unity through conglomeration like a mechanical aggregate in which the parts, though actually (bi’l-fi’l) separte from each other, are so conjoined that they make one whole; also called al-wahid bi’l-tarkib. al-wahid al-haqiqi The real or pure unity, altogether divested of multiplicity (kathrah), i.e. in potentiality as well as in actuality, like God or a point in geometry; opposed to al-wahid al-majazi (see below).

al-wahid al-majazi Conceptual or figurative unity which is composed of different parts or items colligated or subsumed mentally under some kind of logical relation or category such as genus (jins, q.v.), species (nau‘, q.v.), accident (‘ard), etc. See also ’ittihad fi’l-jins and ’ittihad fi’l-nau‘ . wa'id Mu'tazili doctrine of the unconditional punishment of the unrepentant sinner in the hereafter.

(AnAc) wahib al-suwar The dispenser of forms or dator formarum, a name given to the active intellect (al-‘aql al-fa‘‘al, q.v.). According to the Muslim Peripatetics like al-Farabi and Ibn Sina, it is the active intellect which gives to each individual thing its proper form and it also gives to a body a soul, which in fact is its form (surah, q.v.) when that body is read to receive it.

Moreover, the human intellect comes to know of the universal forms of the particulars only as activated by the active intellect. See also al-‘aql al-fa‘‘al. wajdaniyat The intuitive cognitions, i.e. the apprehension through the inner senses (al-hawas al-batinah, q.v.) of the meanings or significations of things. See also al-quwwat al-mudrikah. wad‘ The category of "position" as one of the ten Aristotelian categories (al-maqulat al-‘ashr, q.v.), also called nusbah (situation).

It denotes the "posture" of a thing, e.g.