Key concepts
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Jamāl, Jalāl, Kamāl — the 3 families
Names of the Essence / Names of Relation
Dialectic of the opposed Names
Tajallī — self-manifestation
الأَسْمَاء وَبِنْيَةُ الوُجُود
The Names as structure
Chapter 5 · al-asmāʾ wa-binyat al-wujūd
The world is not made of things, but of divine qualities in relation.
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