وُجُود existence in Arabic
وُجُود is how you say “existence” in Arabic.
Root و ج د w-j-d. noun (verbal noun / maṣdar). wujūd.
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Meaning of existence in Arabic
- existence, being the state of existing, having come to be from a state of nonexistence; used of God's existence as well as created things
- finding, discovery, perception as the infinitive noun of وَجَدَ, covering finding by any of the five senses, by the intellect, or by search
- attainment, acquisition obtaining or lighting upon a thing sought or desired
Example sentence
ما جرى على آدم هو المراد من وجوده
What happened to Adam was the purpose of his existence.
وُجُودِهِ his existence
wujud means 'existence, being'; the ending '-hi' adds 'his' — 'his existence'; the noun after 'min'.
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How it is used
As the maṣdar of وَجَدَ ("to find"), wujūd is the term classical Arabic philosophy and theology use for existence or being — as in God's necessary existence — while the same root, in its other forms, covers everyday finding, discovering, or perceiving something by the senses or the mind.
Words from the same root
- وَجَدَ he found, lighted on, attained, or perceived (a thing sought)
- أَوْجَدَ he brought into being, created; also, he enriched (someone)
- مَوْجُودٌ existent, found, present
- وَاجِدٌ one who finds; one who has or possesses
- وَجْدٌ grief, sorrow; passionate love
- وُجْدٌ wealth, means, sufficiency
- مُتَوَجِّدٌ grieving, sorrowful
More example sentences
أمّا إذا أتمَّ فريضةً بالتيمم ثم استمر وجودُ الماء بعد السلام، بَطَلَ تيممُه فلا يستبيح به نافلةً
If one completed an obligatory prayer with Tayammum and then water became available after the Salam, their Tayammum is void, and they cannot perform a voluntary prayer with it.
وُجُودُ availability of
An action-noun, 'the existence / presence,' the subject of 'persisted' (closing on -u). It heads an 'of' pair with 'water': the availability of water is what kept up after the prayer.
إذ لا يتمكن من حسن تصرفه والقيام بطاعة ربه إلا بوجودها
As one cannot conduct oneself well and perform God's obedience without it.
بِوُجُودِهَا with its existence
The front prefix is a 'with/by' preposition forcing the noun into the (genitive) form, 'with its existence', and a feminine possessor on the noun's end points back to well-being, so one word means 'its presence'. It names the condition isolated by the exception.
الَّتِي يَتَصَرَّفُونَ بِهَا فِي الْوُجُودِ
which they use in existence
الْوُجُودِ the existence
A noun carrying 'the', an abstract 'existence/being', in the after-preposition ending set by the 'in' before it. The definiteness frames it as existence as a whole. It is the arena the action operates within.
وَقَدْ ضَمَّ الْأَبُ إِلَى الْتَسَبُّبِ فِي إِيجَادِهِ مَحَبَّتَهُ بَعْدَ وُجُودِهِ،
And indeed, the father added to the causing of his coming into being his love after his coming into existence.
وُجُودِهِ his coming into existence
This is a verbal noun, 'the coming-into-existence', with the 'his' pronoun on its end, sitting in the genitive because the 'after' before it governs it. The attached -hu refers to the child whose existence it names. So 'after his existence' is built as an action-noun plus its owner, in the genitive.
Common questions
- How do you say "existence" in Arabic?
- Existence is وُجُود (wujūd), the verbal noun of وَجَدَ "to find," used for the state of being or having come into being.
- What does the root و-ج-د (w-j-d) mean?
- It centers on "finding" — by the senses, the intellect, or by search — and extends to related derived senses like existence, wealth, love, and grief.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).