Sayyid Sharīf al-Gurgānī has also adopted this terminology in his Al-Ta‘rīfāt .

Sayyid Sharīf al-Gurgānī has also adopted this terminology in his Al-Ta‘rīfāt .[^9] 3. The Real and the Relative Attributes The Attributes of Essence have been divided into Real ( ḥaqīqī ) and Relative ( iḍāfī ) Attributes. A Real Essential Attribute is that which can really be ascribed to the Divine Essence; for example, knowledge and power.

A Relative Essential Attribute is that which can be abstracted from the Real Attributes, but it is in itself not really one of the Attributes of Essence; for example, the attributes of ‘ālimiyyah (the state of being the All-knowing) and qādiriyyah (the state of being the All-powerful) which can be abstracted by taking into account the relation of knowledge and power to the Essence, and they have no reality beyond the Essence and the attributes of knowledge and power.

The Real Essential Attributes are divided into the Purely Real ( ḥaqīqī-ye maḥḍ ) and the Relationally…