Wājib bi-l-dhāt

واجب بالذاتwājib bi-l-dhāt

Preferred translation: necessary-by-itself
Technical sense: what has its existence through itself, without condition or dependence on another

General Technical Meaning

Necessary in itself describes an existent whose existence belongs to it through itself, without condition or dependence on another.

In ʿAllāmah Ṭabāṭabāʾī’s Works

ʿAllāmah Ṭabāṭabāʾī contrasts necessity in itself with necessity through another.

Source: Risālat al-Manāmāt wa-l-Nubuwwāt

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Canonical address: /glossary/wajib-bi-al-dhat/