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ما معنى "الأزلي" و"القديم" بتفصيل؟

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"Al-Azali" (the Eternal) and "Al-Qadim Al-Mutlaq" (the Absolutely Ancient) both refer to that which is not preceded by non-existence, or that which has no beginning, or that which is not preceded by any time. "Al-Qadim" (the Ancient) is used by theologians to mean that whose existence is not from another. "Al-Azal" (Eternity) is that which has no beginning at its inception, similar to "Al-Qidam" (Antiquity). "Al-Azali" (the Eternal) is more general than "Al-Qadim" (the Ancient), because the non-existence of created things is eternal, but not ancient.

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