kamāl (perfection) — kamāl is the perfection a thing attains; ghāya is that for the sake of which it moves toward it.
tamām (completeness) — tamām is a thing's being complete; ghāya is what the completion is for.
General Technical Meaning
A ghāya is an end or final cause: that for whose sake a process or action occurs and toward which it is ordered.
In ʿAllāmah Ṭabāṭabāʾī’s Works
Chapter 1 §1 uses ghāya teleologically: each real species is directed toward a characteristic perfection, and the chapter’s opening argument connects that end to preparedness and perfection. Elsewhere ordinary terminal uses require separation.
Source: Risālat al-Manāmāt wa-l-Nubuwwāt
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