DescriptionThis manuscript offers a detailed exposition of existence and the hierarchical levels of being. The text systematically examines existence as a fundamental reality, distinguishing between necessary, contingent, and impossible being. It then delineates the ascending or descending ranks of existence, from the highest, most absolute level down to the material world, or vice versa. Each ontological level is characterized by its degree of reality, perfection, and proximity to the source. For researchers, this work provides a structured framework for understanding Sufi and philosophical cosmology, clarifying how different orders of being relate to one another within a graded metaphysical hierarchy culminating in the Divine
Extentff. 160v-169v
PlaceIslahul Uloom Arabic College, Kerala, India
YearCopying completed on 12 Rabīʿ al-Awwal, no year.
