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Discover the meaning of the term Al-ʿrfya al-ʿama (عرفية العامة) in Islamic vocabulary.
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Updated on 11 April 2026 at 1:05 AM
📖 1 min readIt is the proposition in which the persistence of the predicate's being affirmed of the subject, or denied of it, is judged as long as the subject's essence bears the title; its affirmative example: every writer has his fingers moving as long as he writes; its negative example: no writer has his fingers still as long as he writes.
That in which the persistence of the predicate's being established of the subject, or its denial of him, is judged on condition that the subject bears the description.