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Wujūd

Being or existence: in Islamic philosophy and Sufism, the most fundamental concept, which in its fullness belongs to God.

Also: Wujud, existence

Sufism and Islamic thought

Wujūd means both existence and finding. Philosophers analysed it as that which is; Sufis such as Ibn ʿArabī taught that true wujūd is God’s alone, and creatures exist by his self-disclosure. Mullā Ṣadrā held that existence, graded in intensity, is the only reality.