What does Al-ḥyaa mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Al-ḥyaa (حياة) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Al-ḥyaa

Al-ḥyaa according to Kitab at-Ta'rifat (Al-Jurjani)

It is a quality obliging the one qualified by it to know and to have power.

Al-ḥyaa according to Dustur al-'Ulama (Al-Ahmadnagari)

A quality of existence obliging the one qualified by it to know and to have power. And the lower life is what diverts the servant from the hereafter.

Al-ḥyaa according to At-Tawqif (Al-Munawi)

Originally: the spirit, which is what necessitates motion in the one possessed of it; mentioned by al-'Akbari.

Al-ḥyaa according to Mu'jam Lughat al-Fuqaha

Masdar of hayiya, the opposite of death (life).

Al-ḥyaa according to At-Ta'rifat al-Fiqhiyya (Al-Barkati)

A quality obliging the one qualified by it to know and have power outwardly, and its opposite is death.

Al-ḥyaa according to Al-Qamus al-Fiqhi

The opposite of death.

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