what exists through itself, with no quiddity beyond its own existence
General Technical Meaning
The Necessary Existent exists through itself and depends on nothing whatsoever.
In ʿAllāmah Ṭabāṭabāʾī’s Works
In the reviewed Bidāya passage, ʿAllāmah Ṭabāṭabāʾī characterizes the Necessary Existent as having no quiddity beyond its own proper existence. Necessity through itself expresses sheer, non-deficient existence, not merely the application of a general concept of existence to God.
Source: Bidāyat al-Ḥikmah
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