Discover the meaning of the term Al-abd (أبد) in Islamic vocabulary.
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Updated on 11 April 2026 at 1:05 AM
📖 2 min readIt is the continuation of existence through endless measured durations on the side of the future, just as azal is the continuation of existence through endless measured durations on the side of the past.
A duration whose end cannot be conceived at all by thought and reflection.
It is the thing that has no end.
It is the limitless time on the side of the future. It has been said: the continuation of existence in endless measured durations on the side of the future, just as azal is the continuation of existence in endless measured durations on the side of the past.
The continuation of existence in endless measured durations in the future, just as azal is the continuation of existence in endless measured durations in the past; al-Raghib expressed it (Al-mufradat, p. 8) as the duration of extended time that does not divide as time divides; and 'abada al-shay' abadan (he made a thing everlasting) expresses what remains a long time.