What does Al-amwr al-ʿama mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Al-amwr al-ʿama (أمور العامة) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Al-amwr al-ʿama

Al-amwr al-ʿama according to Kitab at-Ta'rifat (Al-Jurjani)

What is not exclusive to one division of the divisions of the existent, which are: the necessary (wajib), the substance (jawhar) and the accident ('arad).

Al-amwr al-ʿama according to Dustur al-'Ulama (Al-Ahmadnagari)

What is not exclusive to one division of the divisions of the existent, which are the necessary, the substance and the accident: either it embraces the three divisions, like existence and unity, real or considered, for every existent, even if multiple, possesses a unity in some respect; or like the quiddity and the subsistence, according to the one who holds that the Necessary has a quiddity distinct from His existence and a subsistence distinct from His quiddity; or it embraces two of those divisions, like proper possibility, contingency (huduth), necessity through another, multiplicity and causedness, which are shared between substance and accident. Accordingly, non-existence, impossibility, essential necessity and eternity do not belong to the general notions, and their examination proceeds by way of dependence.