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===11) Gradation of existence===

Gradation of reality ~~• Intelligible dimension • Intelligible realm • Intelligible world~~ • Tashkīk al-wujūd

Gradation of reality • Tashkīk al-wujūd

Finite things differ by degree of actuality and perfection. “More being” means more power, intelligibility, and independence; “less being” means more limitation and dependence. A graded ontology reconciles unity at the source with diversity in the effects and provides an objective scale for value and excellence.

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Being presents modes and orders: necessary/contingent; possible/actual/necessary; intelligible/mental/physical; formal/energetic/informational. Recognising these dimensions prevents category mistakes (e.g., treating mental time as if it were foundational becoming) and sets the stage for precise accounts of time, mind, and matter.

Angels ~~(malāʾika)~~ are ~~understood~~ not as anthropomorphic entities but as intelligible forces or modalities of divine action within the order of necessity. In metaphysical terms, they correspond to immaterial intelligences — forms or causal principles mediating between the Necessary and the contingent realms. Their obedience is the metaphysical inevitability of their nature: to exist as pure forms of divine causation is to act according to divine necessity.

===12) Immaterial dimension===

Intelligible dimension • Intelligible realm • Intelligible world

===13) Immaterial existents===

Angels • Malāʾika

They are not anthropomorphic entities but intelligible forces or modalities of divine action within the order of necessity. In metaphysical terms, they correspond to immaterial intelligences — forms or causal principles mediating between the Necessary and the contingent realms. Their obedience is the metaphysical inevitability of their nature: to exist as pure forms of divine causation is to act according to divine necessity.

Their nomenclature — Gabriel (Jibrīl), Michael (Mīkāʾīl), Israfil, and others — denotes culturally contextual personifications of these cosmic functions. “Gabriel,” for instance, signifies the intellective principle through which revelation (noetic illumination) is transmitted to the human mind; “Michael” may represent the principle of sustenance and order in the natural world, and so forth. Hence, angelology is understood symbolically yet ontologically — as the taxonomy of necessary causal intelligences.

===14) Material dimension===

===10) Compatibilism===

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 ===11) Gradation of existence===
-Gradation of reality • Intelligible dimension • Intelligible realm • Intelligible world • Tashkīk al-wujūd
+Gradation of reality • Tashkīk al-wujūd
 Finite things differ by degree of actuality and perfection. “More being” means more power, intelligibility, and independence; “less being” means more limitation and dependence. A graded ontology reconciles unity at the source with diversity in the effects and provides an objective scale for value and excellence.
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 Being presents modes and orders: necessary/contingent; possible/actual/necessary; intelligible/mental/physical; formal/energetic/informational. Recognising these dimensions prevents category mistakes (e.g., treating mental time as if it were foundational becoming) and sets the stage for precise accounts of time, mind, and matter.
-Angels (malāʾika) are understood not as anthropomorphic entities but as intelligible forces or modalities of divine action within the order of necessity. In metaphysical terms, they correspond to immaterial intelligences — forms or causal principles mediating between the Necessary and the contingent realms. Their obedience is the metaphysical inevitability of their nature: to exist as pure forms of divine causation is to act according to divine necessity.
+===12) Immaterial dimension===
+Intelligible dimension • Intelligible realm • Intelligible world
+===13) Immaterial existents===
+Angels • Malāʾika
+They are not anthropomorphic entities but intelligible forces or modalities of divine action within the order of necessity. In metaphysical terms, they correspond to immaterial intelligences — forms or causal principles mediating between the Necessary and the contingent realms. Their obedience is the metaphysical inevitability of their nature: to exist as pure forms of divine causation is to act according to divine necessity.
 Their nomenclature — Gabriel (Jibrīl), Michael (Mīkāʾīl), Israfil, and others — denotes culturally contextual personifications of these cosmic functions. “Gabriel,” for instance, signifies the intellective principle through which revelation (noetic illumination) is transmitted to the human mind; “Michael” may represent the principle of sustenance and order in the natural world, and so forth. Hence, angelology is understood symbolically yet ontologically — as the taxonomy of necessary causal intelligences.
+===14) Material dimension===
 ===10) Compatibilism===