EXISTENCES

The Arabic word wujūd ( وجود‎ ), expre es a substance, or e ence, or existence. According to Muḥammadan writers (see G͟hiyās̤u ʾl-Lug͟hah ), existences are of three kinds: Wājibu ʾl-wujūd , “a nece ary existence,” e.g . Almighty God; mumkinu ʾl-wujūd , “a po ible existence,” e.g . the human kind; mumtaniʿu ʾl-wujūd , “an impo ible existence,” e.g . a partner with the Divine Being. These terms are used by Muḥammadan scholars when discu ing the doctrine of the Eternal Trinity with Christian Evangelists.